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The Jefferson Davis pirate flag...
The Jefferson Davis pirate flag...
Item # 691066
May 12, 1861
NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, May 12, 1861 The most intriguing item on the front page is the print of a black flag of the Confederacy with its skull & cross-bones. The report is headed: "The Apotheosis Of Piracy" "The South Under the Black Flag" "Murder At A Premium" with reports from "The Southern Congress".
I do not believe this was any official Confederate flag, looking much more like a traditional pirate flag, Printed within is "J.D. His Marque" meaning Jefferson Davis.
Among other column headlines on the Civil War are: "THE WAR FOR THE UNION" "Fears Of Starvation" "Movements of the Rebels" "Danger of Slave Insurrection" "Proclamation Of The President" "Jeff. Davis, The Pirate" and more.
Category: Yankee
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