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==Career==

==Career==

[[File:Artoon.jpg|thumb|right|''Tis But a Change of Banners'': Nast notes the Democrats as the party of the First [[Ku Klux Klan]].]]

[[File:Artoon.jpg|thumb|right|''Tis But a Change of Banners'': Nast notes the Democrats as the party of the First [[Ku Klux Klan]].]]

During the [[American Civil War]], Nast solidly supported the Union.<ref name=thoughtcobio>McNamara, Robert (April 5, 2017). [https://www.thoughtco.com/thomas-nast-1773654 Thomas Nast]. ''ThoughtCo.'' Retrieved November 13, 2021.</ref> His cartoons at ''Harper's Weekly'' would attack those opposed to the war efforts (namely [[Copperheads]], or "Peace Democrats"<ref>Glass, Andrew (January 15, 2018). [https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/15/this-day-in-politics-jan-15-1870-339085 Dems' donkey rears its head in political cartoon, Jan. 15, 1870]. ''Politico''. Retrieved November 13, 2021.</ref>) against the [[Confederacy]], and condemned [[slavery]].<ref name=britannicabio/> President [[Abraham Lincoln]] referred to Nast as:<ref name=britannicabio/>

During the [[American Civil War]], Nast solidly supported the Union.<ref name=thoughtcobio>McNamara, Robert (April 5, 2017). [https://www.thoughtco.com/thomas-nast-1773654 Thomas Nast]. ''ThoughtCo.'' Retrieved November 13, 2021.</ref> His cartoons at ''Harper's Weekly'' would attack those opposed to the war efforts (namely Northern [[Copperheads]], or "Peace Democrats"<ref>Glass, Andrew (January 15, 2018). [https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/15/this-day-in-politics-jan-15-1870-339085 Dems' donkey rears its head in political cartoon, Jan. 15, 1870]. ''Politico''. Retrieved November 13, 2021.</ref>) against the [[Confederacy]], and condemned [[slavery]].<ref name=britannicabio/> President [[Abraham Lincoln]] referred to Nast as:<ref name=britannicabio/>

{{cquote|...our best recruiting sergeant.}}

{{cquote|...our best recruiting sergeant.}}