The old bull dog on the right track.

The old bull dog on the right track.

Description:

Bull dog Ulysses S. Grant, with collar "Lieut. General," sits on railroad tracks leading to dog house labelled "Richmond," which is protected by dogs with heads of Confederate leaders Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, and G.T. Beauregard. Pint-sized George McClellan asks Abraham Lincoln to hold back the bull dog; Lincoln refuses. Cf. Gale.; "Entered according to act of Congress in A.D. 1864 by Currier & Ives in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York."

Date Issued: [1864]
Collection: William L. Clements Library Image Bank
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Language: UND
Type: still image