American Historical Ephemera & Photography, Featuring Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana & Historical Documents

Visible 12 3/8 x 13 1/4 in. printed broadside (minor toning, some soil along early creases); matted and framed to 16 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. (not examined out of frame). Signed in type by Confederate Colonel Bradley T. Johnson.

A Confederate broadside issued in the hotly-contested border state Maryland. In an attempt to foment Confederate support Col. Johnson writes: "After sixteen moths of oppression more galling than the Austrian tyranny, the Victorious Army of the South brings freedom to your doors. Its standard now waves from the Potamac [sic] to Mason and Dixon's Line." RARE: OCLC locates 4 copies. Parrish & Willingham 1238.