Civil War News
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Civil War News was a set of collectible trading cards issued in the early 1960s by Topps. The set featured the colorful artwork of Norm Saunders, as well as three other artists, and was characterized by vivid colors; graphic depictions of violence, death, and blood (number 21 "Painful Death" being a prime example) and exaggerations of warfare. On the reverse, each card contained a brief history of a campaign, battle, or person presented in a newspaper article like fashion, complete with headline.
The complete set consists of 88 cards, including a checklist, and was first printed for the United States market in 1962 to coincide with the centennial of the Civil War. A similar series with the same artwork was later issued in Canada, and A&BC produced a similar set in England. The cards were issued 5 to a wax pack, and were accompanied by facsimiles of paper currency of the Confederate States of America. The original selling price was a nickel per package. Topps later issued the cards in cellophane-wrapped strips ("cello packs").
[edit] Checklist of Civil War News cards
- #01 - THE ANGRY MAN
- #02 - PRESIDENT JEFF DAVIS
- #03 - THE WAR STARTS
- #04 - REBEL POWER
- #05 - EXPLODING FURY
- #06 - PULLED TO SAFETY
- #07 - DEATH AT SEA
- #08 - DESTRUCTIVE BLOW
- #09 - SAVAGES ATTACK
- #10 - DESTRUCTION AT SEA
- #11 - ATTACK
- #12 - BLOODY COMBAT
- #13 - DYING EFFORT
- #14 - FIGHT TO THE FINISH
- #15 - NATURE'S FURY
- #16 - DIRECT HIT
- #17 - THE FLAMING RAFT
- #18 - DEATH TO THE ENEMY
- #19 - PUSHED TO HIS DOOM
- #20 - DEATH FALL
- #21 - PAINFUL DEATH
- #22 - WAVE OF DEATH
- #23 - CRUSHED BY WHEELS
- #24 - AFTER THE BATTLE
- #25 - HANGING THE SPY
- #26 - MESSENGER OF DEATH
- #27 - BLOOD MASSACRE
- #28 - THE CANNON ROARS
- #29 - BRIDGE OF DOOM
- #30 - CHARGING THE BULLETS
- #31 - TERROR OF THE SEA
- #32 - DEATH STRUGGLE
- #33 - FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL
- #34 - WALL OF CORPSES
- #35 - GASPING FOR AIR
- #36 - MIDNIGHT RAID
- #37 - DEATH BARGES IN
- #38 - GENERAL GRANT
- #39 - GENERAL LEE
- #40 - BULLETS OF DEATH
- #41 - PROTECTING HIS FAMILY
- #42 - THE BATTLE CONTINUES
- #43 - COSTLY MISTAKE
- #44 - SHOT TO DEATH
- #45 - THE RIVERBOAT EXPLODES
- #46 - VICIOUS ATTACK
- #47 - DEATH BATTLE
- #48 - SMASHING THE ENEMY
- #49 - THE EXPLOSION
- #50 - STOLEN SECRETS
- #51 - HORSE THIEVES
- #52 - FRIENDLY ENEMIES
- #53 - TRAIN OF DOOM
- #54 - A HORSEMAN FALLS
- #55 - THE SILENT DRUM
- #56 - BURST OF FIRE
- #57 - PUSHED TO HIS DOOM
- #58 - ANGEL OF MERCY
- #59 - SUBMARINE ATTACK
- #60 - SUICIDE CHARGE
- #61 - THE FLAMING FOREST
- #62 - THE GENERAL DIES
- #63 - AMBUSHED
- #64 - JAWS OF DEATH
- #65 - FLAMING DEATH
- #66 - VICTIM OF THE WAR
- #67 - DEADLY DUEL
- #68 - THE WILL TO WIN
- #69 - DEATH IN THE WATER
- #70 - THE SNIPER
- #71 - NO ESCAPE
- #72 - THE CANNON'S VICTIM
- #73 - THROUGH THE SWAMP
- #74 - FIGHTING FOR VICTORY
- #75 - THE FAMILY FLEES
- #76 - BLAZING CANNON
- #77 - TRAPPED
- #78 - SUDDEN ATTACK
- #79 - COUNCIL OF WAR
- #80 - CITY IN FLAMES
- #81 - DEADLY DEFENSE
- #82 - DESTROYING THE RAILS
- #83 - THE LOOTERS
- #84 - DEADLY ARROWS
- #85 - ATTACKED FROM BEHIND
- #86 - DYNAMITE VICTIM
- #87 - THE WAR ENDS
- #88 - CHECKLIST
[edit] Checklist of Confederate currency
- #01 - $1 Bill - Type One
- #02 - $1 Bill - Type Two
- #03 - $2 Bill - Type One
- #04 - $2 Bill - Type Two
- #05 - $5 Bill - Type One
- #06 - $5 Bill - Type Two
- #07 - $5 Bill - Type Three
- #08 - $10 Bill - Type One
- #09 - $10 Bill - Type Two
- #10 - $20 Bill - Type One
- #11 - $20 Bill - Type Two
- #12 - $20 Bill - Type Three
- #13 - $50 Bill - Type One
- #14 - $50 Bill - Type Two
- #15 - $100 Bill - Type One
- #16 - $500 Bill - Type One
- #17 - $1000 Bill - Type One
