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"Liberty or Death" and "Pray for me" Doves Illustration, Thomas L. Pankey Papers

This hand-drawn vignette drawn as letterhead in a letter from Corporal Thomas L. Pankey to his wife, Sallie S. Pankey, features two doves holding ribbon bearing the following text: 1) "Liberty or Death," and 2) "Pray for Me, I will pray for you." Corporal Pankey served in the U.S. Army during the Civil War and was a member of the 91st Illinois Infantry Regiment. He died in Louisiana in 1864. (Please see 1118487 and 1118477 for more of Pankey's illustrations.)
Artist
Thomas L. Pankey
Date of Work
September 21, 1862
Type
Drawing
Credit
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum
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