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| Date: | 1862 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of Jairus Cassius Fairchild, Madison's first mayor. |
| Date: | 04 13 1861 |
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| Description: | Etching from a photograph of Mrs. General Gaines. |
| Date: | 04 05 1862 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Camp Douglas near Chicago. Caption reads: "Camp Douglas, near Chicago, Illinois, where seven thousand rebel prisoners are quartered." |
| Date: | 04 05 1862 |
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| Description: | Group of Confederate prisoners of war assembled in prison barracks. |
| Date: | 05 23 1863 |
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| Description: | Cartoon appearing in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Page 144. During the American Civil War (1861-1865), the Copperheads nominally favored th... |
| Date: | 08 12 1865 |
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| Description: | A map of the world showing telegraphic systems for encircling the globe. |
| Date: | 07 27 1861 |
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| Description: | The caption with the image states, "Battle of Hoke's Run-Col. Starkweather with his Wisconsin Regiment deploying as skirmishers." The Battle of Hoke's Run ... |
| Date: | 05 31 1862 |
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| Description: | Engraved view of the Commisary [sic] depot of Major-General Halleck's army at Hamburg Landing. |
| Date: | 03 15 1862 |
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| Description: | Engraved Illustration for the story titled: "The Fight at Fort Donelson". The illustration shows the Second Iowa Volunteers regiment attacking Confederate ... |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Title page of "The Soldier Bird!" — History of "Old Abe" the live war eagle. |
| Date: | 04 04 1863 |
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| Description: | Illustration depicting a large group of people gathered in the yard of a house. Three woman stand on the porch steps, and men, women and children are gathe... |
| Date: | 10 03 1863 |
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| Description: | Illustration depicting a crowd watching the Potomoc-Sword presentation. |
| Date: | 06 19 1862 |
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| Description: | Illustration depicting crowd attending the presentation of a sword to General Burnside. |
| Date: | 12 17 1862 |
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| Description: | Illustration depicting a battle. In the foreground injured soldiers are gathered on and around the porch and yard of a house. In the background are columns... |
| Date: | 12 05 1863 |
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| Description: | Engraving of the dedication ceremony for the Soldiers' National Cemetery, November 19,1863, that appeared in "Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper." It was... |
| Date: | 05 31 1860 |
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| Description: | A broadside titled, "A Valuable Estate In Rockbridge County, VA., For Sale At Public Auction," regarding the sale of Joseph Trevey's estate. |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | A flyer distributed by the U.S. Christian Commission announcing a Union Meeting "in behalf of our sick and wounded soldiers...". Several edits have been ma... |
| Date: | 1867 |
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| Description: | A map and profile map of the railroad line from Omaha to San Francisco. |
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