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The Rail Splitter At Work Repairing the Union
The Rail Splitter At Work Repairing the Union
Credit: Joseph E. Baker, Durova
This cartoon print by Joseph E. Baker shows Vice President Andrew Johnson sitting atop a globe, trying to sew together the map of the United States with needle and thread. Abraham Lincoln stands, right, using a split rail to position the globe while commending him, "A few more stitches Andy and the good old Union will be mended."