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CIVIL WAR COMMEMORATIVE ISSUES SCOTT 2975 ISSUE of 1995 20 DIFFERENT DESIGNS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR ISSUES ! The release of the 20 Civil War stamps marked the most extensive effort in the history of the U.S. Postal Service to review and verify the historical accuracy of stamp subjects. Each of the 16 individuals and four battles featured were chosen from a master list of 50 subjects, which included Presidents, generals, major battles, rank-and-file soldiers, women, African and Native Americans, and abolitionists. The goal of the U.S.P.S. was to show the wide variety of people who participated in the Civil War Those chosen to represent the Union were: Abraham Lincoln, America's 26th President; Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant; Major General William Tecumseh Sherman; Major General Winfield Scott Hancock; Vice Admiral David Glasgow Farragut; Clara Harlowe Barton, volunteer nurse and founder of the American Red Cross; abolitionist Harriet Ross Tubman, who helped slaves escape the South through the Underground Railroad; journalist and orator Frederick Douglass. Confederate honorees included: Jefferson Davis American Philatelic Society dealer member |
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