1813 cartoon by Amos Doolittle of Connecticut ... a meat magnate from New York State. (In the Civil War, Sam grew a beard modeled on Lincoln’s.) Uncle Sam didn’t really become a household ...

and Uncle Sam. Publishing regularly in Harper's Weekly, the celebrated Nast drew thousands of cartoons during the second half of the nineteenth century. Like many Northerners, Nast supported ...

and Uncle Sam. Publishing regularly in Harper's Weekly, the celebrated Nast drew thousands of cartoons during the second half of the nineteenth century. Like many Northerners, Nast supported ...