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Frank Leslie's Budget of Fun
April 01, 1864

Sub-entries:
- Chase, Salmon Portland, 1808-1873, as a rising sun

"SYMPTOMS OF SPRING--UNCLE ABRAM'S CROP BEGINS TO SHOOT."

Frank Leslie's Budget of Fun
September 01, 1864

Sub-entries:
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, as a bombshell

"THE HARDEST SHELL YET."

Frank Leslie's Budget of Fun
November 01, 1864

Sub-entries:
- Jewett, William Cornell ("Colorado"), 1823-1893, as a carpetbag

"GENERAL BOMBSHELLS, THE TRUE PEACE CANDIDATE; OR, THE WAR PATH THE TRUE ONE."

Comic Monthly
November 01, 1860

Sub-entries:
- Bell, John, 1797-1869, as a bell

"THE GROWTH OF THE BELL."

Comic Monthly
November 01, 1860

Sub-entries:
- Bell, John, 1797-1869, as a bell

"THE BATTLE IN NEW YORK."

Comic Monthly
November 01, 1860

Sub-entries:
- Breckinridge, John Cabell, 1821-1875, as coal

"HEADS OF THE BRECKINRIDGE PARTY."

Comic Monthly
November 01, 1860

Sub-entries:
- Breckinridge, John Cabell, 1821-1875, as a leg of a voter
- Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861, as a leg of a voter
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, as a rail

"DEMOCRAT ON THE FENCE."

Comic Monthly
November 01, 1860

Sub-entries:
- Bell, John, 1797-1869, as kindling
- Breckinridge, John Cabell, 1821-1875, as coal
- Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861, as kindling
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, as a rail

"THE STATE OF THE CASE."

The Funniest of Phun
July 01, 1864

Sub-entries:
- Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872, as a glove

"THE GLOVED HERO OF EMANCIPATION WAITING FOR THE INDISPENSABLE NECESSITY."

Harper's Weekly
July 02, 1864

Sub-entries:
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, as a sore head

"THAT'S WHAT'S THE TROUBLE WITH JOHN C."

Harper's Weekly
October 29, 1864

Sub-entries:
- Belmont, August, 1816-1890, as an oar
- Cox, Samuel Sullivan, 1824-1899, as an oar
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, as a lightning bolt
- Seymour, Horatio, 1810-1886, as an oar
- Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883, as lighthouse light
- Vallandingham, Clement Laird, 1820-1871,as an oar
- Voorhees, Daniel Wolsey, 1827-1897, as an oar
- Wood, Fernando, 1812-1881,as an oar

"THE FORLORN HOPE--THE SHIP 'SECESSION' IN THE BREAKERS, THE CHICAGO WRECKERS RUSHING TO THE RESCUE."

Harper's Weekly
October 19, 1861

Sub-entries:
- Cobb, Howell, 1815-1868, as a playing card
- Davis, Jefferson Finis, 1808-1889, as a playing card
- Floyd, John Buchanan, 1806-1863, as a playing card
- Slidell, John, 1793-1871, as a playing card
- Toombs, Robert Augustus, 1810-1885, as a playing card

"GOT THE RIGHT WEAPON AT LAST."

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
April 12, 1862

Sub-entries:
- Davis, Jefferson Finis, 1808-1889, as a fort
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, as a castle

"CASTLE LINCOLN--NO SURRENDER! FORT DAVIS--IN RUINS."

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
July 02, 1864

Sub-entries:
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, as a bombshell

"THE HARDEST SHELL YET."

Vanity Fair
July 07, 1860

Sub-entries:
- Adams, John, 1735-1826, as a pillar
- Adams, John, 1735-1826, as a pillar
- Washington, George, 1732-1799, as a bust

"SERENE ABOVE THEM ALL."

Vanity Fair
September 01, 1860

Sub-entries:
- Bell, John, 1797-1869, as pawnbrokerage ball
- Breckinridge, John Cabell, 1821-1875, as pawnbrokerage ball
- Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861, as pawnbrokerage ball

"THREE TO ONE YOU DON'T GET IT."

Vanity Fair
October 27, 1860

Sub-entries:
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, as a clothes patch

"SICH A GITTIN UP STAIRS."

Vanity Fair
November 03, 1860

Sub-entries:
- Potter, John Fox, 1817-1899, as a Bowie knife

"WONDERFUL SURGICAL OPERATION,"

Vanity Fair
March 09, 1861

Sub-entries:
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868, as an iceberg
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, as the sun

"OUR GREAT ICEBERG MELTING AWAY."