Skip to main content
Union Mezzotint by Henry S. Sadd, ca. 1861 (U.S. Senate Collection) The artist of this political engraving captures the swell of enthusiasm in the North for the Union cause at the threshold of the Civil War. Henry Clay, who died in 1852, and President Abraham Lincoln feature prominently, with the Constitution in view.

Union
Mezzotint by Henry S. Sadd, ca. 1861
(U.S. Senate Collection)
The artist of this political engraving captures the swell of enthusiasm in the North for the Union cause at the
threshold of the Civil War. Henry Clay, who died in 1852, and President Abraham Lincoln feature prominently,
with the Constitution in view.