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| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | The famous "Shirley House" or "White House," stands near the Jackson Road, which was between the Union and Confederate entrenchments during the siege of Vi... |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Cave in a hillside occupied by the Lewis family from May 18 to July 4, 1863, during the Civil War siege of Vicksburg. Hundreds of other caves in the vicin... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Surrender Monument, where Generals Grant and Pemberton met to arrange terms for the surrender of Vicksburg, July 3, 1863. General Pemberton surrendered 31,... |
| Date: | 1863 |
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| Description: | An engraving of the Battle of Gettysburg, after the painting by P.F. Rothermel. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | A small boy holding binoculars is sitting on the edge of Umbrella Rock, with a river far below. Below him is a plaque commemorating the Battle of Wauhatchi... |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Three men standing at entrance of residence used as headquarters when S.G. Swain, (on left), was in charge of fortifications at Fort McPherson. All three m... |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | "The Southern Prisons of U.S. Officers: Scenes from life as a prisoner of war, with explanations--sketched by Lieut. & Top Eng'r O.R. Dahl, 15th Wisconsin ... |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Libby Prison, a Confederate Prison. The view includes tents and three tenement (loft style) buildings. A group of men stand in the foregro... |
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| Description: | Woodcut of "Libby Prison, Richmond, Va.--Place of Confinement for U.S. Soldiers Captured by the Rebels.--From a Photograph." This view includes tents and t... |
| Date: | 1863 |
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| Description: | A heavily retouched photographic view of Libby Prison. This view shows tents and three tenement (loft style) buildings. |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of the main building, a tenement (loft style) building, at Libby Prison. |
| Date: | 1863 |
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| Description: | Woodcut of Andersonville Prison from the "Report of the Andersonville Monument Commission." About 1863-1865. |
| Date: | 1863 |
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| Description: | "At the Spring," a woodcut illustration from McElroy's "Andersonville: Story of Southern Prisons." |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | A stereograph of exterior of General Lee's residence. |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | "Strategy or Change of Base". Photographic card of a cartoon concerning Jefferson Davis' flight across Georgia in women's clothing hoping to reach the Miss... |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Jefferson Davis in a hoop skirt with a basket and fallen dagger. Photographic card of a cartoon concerning Jefferson Davis' flight across Georgia in women... |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | "Capture of an unprotected female, or the close up of the Rebellion." Photograph card of a cartoon concerning Jefferson Davis' flight across Georgia in wo... |
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| Description: | View across railroad tracks of men standing in front of and around Osborne House, a large building with columns and a second-story porch. |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Earthwork four miles southwest of Racine, used during the Civil War in light artillery target practice to stop solid shot. Joseph Cooper is waving the flag... |
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