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John H. Fonda

Date: 1860
Description: Quarter-plate ambrotype. Three-quarter length portrait of John H. Fonda, settler in the Prairie Du Chien area. He is sitting facing front, with one hand in...
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Doctor James T. Reeve

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype oval-framed portrait of Doctor James T. Reeve, assistant surgeon, 10th Wisconsin, Surgeon of the 21st Wisconsin. Quarter-leng...
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General Daniel Brodhead

Date: 1850
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of an oval-shaped pendant with a portrait of General Daniel Brodhead (October 1736-November 1809) of Pennsylvania. General Brodhe...
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Cornelius Wheeler

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Description: Ferrotype/tintype portrait of Corporal Cornelius Wheeler of Company I of the 2nd Wisconsin Regiment. Standing, facing forward with arms folded, in full uni...
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Peter Larsen

Date: 1864
Description: Quarter plate ferrotype/tintype of Peter Larsen in a Civil War uniform holding a firearm.
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William H. Chapman

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype waist-up portrait of Captain William H. Chapman, a regular army officer who served in the Mexican War and the Civil War. After re...
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Unidentified Civil War Soldier with Musical Horn

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Description: Sixth plate tintype/ferrotype of a waist-up seated portrait of an unidentified Civil War musician holding a musical horn, probably a Tenor horn in B♭...
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Jacob Learn

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Description: Waist-up ferrotype/tintype portrait of Jacob Learn, a Private in the Wisconsin 29th infantry, Company K. He enlisted in August 1862 and died on August 19th...
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Cornelius Wheeler

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Description: Sixth plate tintype/ferrotype of Cornelius Wheeler seated in a chair with his arm resting on a table. Wheeler was a 1st lieutenant in the 2nd Wisconsin Inf...
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Painting of General William Irvine

Date: 1850
Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype of a painting of General William Irvine. The portrait shows General Irvine in his military uniform. General Irvine served as a ...
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Lieutenant Albert T. Lamson

Date: 1863
Description: Quarter plate ferrotype/tintype of Lieutenant Albert Lamson, taken at Falmouth, Virginia. Lamson is posed, in military uniform, seated and holding a sword ...
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Unidentified Civil War Soldier

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Description: Sixth plate tintype/ferrotype portrait of an unidentified soldier from the 13th Wisconsin Infantry. He is seated with his arm resting over the back of a ch...
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Unidentified Civil War Soldier

Date: 1861
Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of an unidentified soldier from the 13th Wisconsin Infantry. Hand-coloring on cheeks and gold details on buttons of military ...
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Unidentified Civil War Soldier

Date: 1861
Description: Sixth plate tintype/ferrotype of an unidentified soldier from the 13th Wisconsin Infantry. He is sitting in a chair holding a horn in his right hand. Hand-...
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Unidentified Civil War Soldier

Date: 1861
Description: Sixth plate tintype/ferrotype portrait of an unidentified soldier from the 13th Wisconsin Infantry. The man is seated with his arm draped over the back of ...
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George Fairfield

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of George Fairfield, facing forward with torso turned slightly right, in a military uniform with rank stripes on sleeves.
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Lieutenant Harlow Waller

Date: 1861
Description: Quarter plate full-length military portrait of Harlow Milton Waller, facing forward with right hand holding his sword at his side. The portrait is hand tin...
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Lieutenant Burnett Demarest

Date: 1861
Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of Burnett Demarest, a First Lieutenant in the Wisconsin 8th infantry, Co. C. Demarest mustered into service in 1861 at Eau C...
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General George Rogers Clark

Date: 1850
Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype of a painting of General George Rogers Clark, as an older man. Clark is most well known for his role in the defense of the Nort...
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Captain Edward Devlin (?)

Date: 1861
Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of a Civil War Soldier. Three-quarter length portrait, perhaps Captain Edward Devlin, of Mineral Point, holding a sword. He s...

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