American Civil War Trading Cards

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These were notorious for their violent illustrations, including impalements on bayonets and crushings under gun wheels, parapets of dead and bloodied wounded, they were collectable bubblegum cards of the mid-late 1960s by Topps. Rather more extreme than the Monkees trading cards you could get around the same time!

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Do You Remember American Civil War Trading Cards?

Green Machine on 2013-08-15 23:47:21

I still have the full set of cards (including 'The Check list') and yes there were some horrific depictions of violence, death and bloodshed. I even have a full set of the CSA Dollar bills in A1 condition.

peterlorre on 2009-02-28 12:25:58

I do remember collecting these cards,for some reason i remember one of the cards had some soldiers getting eaten by alligators whilst fighting in Florida.They were very bloodthirsty indeed.

jonathan chalmers on 2009-02-15 12:05:50

World War II cards were also popular in the late-1960s, and they included scenes of torture by Japanese and plenty of bloodshed.