Judge — June 17, 1893 — page 9: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This political cartoon titled "Soldier Mimon the Gauntlet" references the Civil War song "Marching Through Georgia," which celebrated Union General Sherman's destructive 1864 campaign through Georgia. The cartoon depicts what appears to be a Union soldier being confronted by three well-dressed gentlemen (likely representing Northern political or business figures) in a desolate landscape with graves and mourning figures visible in the background. The satire critiques how Northern society honored or profited from Sherman's campaign while ignoring its human devastation—the graves and grieving people behind them. The soldiers' challenge ("Where we get you for that") suggests accountability for the war's brutality, mocking the disconnect between celebratory rhetoric and actual suffering. This reflects post-Civil War tensions over how the conflict should be remembered.