Valiant men "dat fite mit Siegel".
A house is being plundered and set aflame while a woman kneels, begging Federal officers for mercy. Her children appear trapped on the porch awning by the fire. The officers appear haughty and indifferent to her pleas. In the background, more pillaging can be seen.; Reprinted in the 1880s from original plates created by Volck in the 1860s. Set titled Confederate War Etchings and published by Porter & Coates. This is plate 14.; Adalbert Johann Volck originally published this print under the pseudonym V. Blada.
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