Title

'The New Orleans Plum', 1862. Artist: Unknown

Caption

'The New Orleans Plum', 1862. During the previous year, the Federals under General McLellan had been defeated at the Battle of Bull's Run, also called Manassas Junction. The Federals retreated in some haste back to Washington. Here we see the Northern President, Abraham Lincoln, congratulating himself on the fact that at the end of April 1862, New Orleans surrendered to the Federal fleet. Apparently, General Butler issued a proclamation declaring that any women of the city who made any negative remark about his troops should be treated as prostitutes. There was outrage in England when the contents of the proclamation became known. From Punch, or the London Charivari, May 24, 1862.

Date

1862

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Cartoon Collector

Reference

HRM19A89_134

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

54,0Mb (4,4Mb) / 12,3in x 17,1in / 3687 x 5115 (300dpi)

Keywords

people male man men politics country guy war location century president outrage concept B&W cartoon MONOCHROME United States of America United States 19th century black & white black and white B W American Civil War foreign affairs nineteenth century American America USA Heritage Image Partnership foreign policy Abraham Lincoln engraving Unknown Lincoln Abraham President of USA A Lincoln engraving