Political cartoon with a jubilant Northern portrayal of the rout of Missouri secessionist governor Claiborne F. Jackson and Gen. Sterling Price at Boonville on June 17, 1861. (See Strayed, no. 1861-31.) Here a lion with the head of Union commander Nathaniel Lyon chases Jackson (center) and Price toward the right. Jackson, wearing a woman's skirt and bonnet, cries to Price, Let out! General, let out! he's getting close to us. Oh Govner Jackson I'm trying all I can to hold in, responds Price, as he clutches his stomach and rump. (The scatological implication is more blatantly developed in Straye
Political cartoon with a jubilant Northern portrayal of the rout of Missouri secessionist governor Claiborne F. Jackson and Gen. Sterling Price at Boonville on June 17, 1861. (See Strayed, no. 1861-31.) Here a lion with the head of Union commander Nathaniel Lyon chases Jackson (center) and Price toward the right. Jackson, wearing a woman's skirt and bonnet, cries to Price, Let out! General, let out! he's getting close to us. Oh Govner Jackson I'm trying all I can to hold in, responds Price, as he clutches his stomach and rump. (The scatological implication is more blatantly developed in Strayed.)
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