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www.upress.state.ms.us Page iii: “The Way Lincoln Will Be Lifted out of Washington City by General Lee.” From Southern Punch (30 April 1864). The University Press of Mississippi is a member of the Association of American University Presses. Copyright © 2010 by Cameron C. Nickels All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America First printing 2010 ∞ Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Nickels, Cameron C. Civil War humor / Cameron C. Nickels. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-60473-747-9 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-60473-748-6 (ebook) 1. American wit and humor—History and criticism. 2. United States— History—Civil War, 1861–1865—Humor. 3. United States—History—Civil War, 1861–1865—Literature and the war. I. Title. PS437.N53 2010 817’.409358731—dc22 2010005358 British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data available ForThomasD.Catte, whowasalwaysthere,totheend ◊ ◊ ◊ ...

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