"The Lines Are Drawn collects for the first time a wide range of cartoons, comics, and caricatures related to the Civil War. Arranged chronologically with full captions to provide historical context, this collection of Northern, Southern, and overseas social commentary is critical to an enhanced understanding of this dark episode in American history.

Included are 138 illustrations from the more popular publications of the day such as Harper's, Vanity Fair, Southern Illustrated News, New York Illustrated News, and London Punch - as well as from printing houses such as Currier & Ives. Artists include: Thomas Nast, Frank Bellew, Adalbert Johann Volck, Louis Maurer, Joseph Keppler, and many others."--BOOK JACKET.