Civil War–Era Printed “Star Spangled Banner” Broadside / SOLD

Description

Civil War–Era Printed “Star Spangled Banner” Broadside

With Soldier’s Handwritten Notation – Dated August 11, 1865

 

A beautiful, printed broadside of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” complete with its full four stanzas and decorative border. Printed by Tory, Pr., this patriotic sheet would have been sold in camps, sutler tents, and post-war gatherings as a keepsake of Union victory.

 

Of special interest is the period ink and pencil inscription along the top margin, reading:

“Baltimore – Hor. Manning”
and below, in blue pencil:
“Men evening the 19th 1865 / Camp ___ June 11, 1865” (the second line faded)

 

These notations place the broadside squarely in the emotional aftermath of the Civil War—just weeks after Lee’s surrender and Lincoln’s assassination—when Union soldiers were still mustering out and patriotic material like this was cherished and collected. By 1865, “The Star Spangled Banner” had become the unofficial anthem of the Union cause. Wartime printings like this were often kept as souvenirs by soldiers returning home—symbols of survival, victory, and national reunification. The dated inscription of August 11, 1865, just four months after Appomattox, anchors this piece in one of the most important transitional moments in American history, a Moving Civil War Patriotic Broadside.

 

Comes housed in 8 x 12 riker display case with blue velvet and descriptive card.

 

Inventory Number: MUS 223