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| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Civil War handbill that reads: "Charleston Mercury Extra...The Union Is Dissolved!" |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Certificate issued to E.M. Griffith, the Wisconsin State Forester, so that Griffith could prove that he had flown at an altitude of 1600 feet in the "flyin... |
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| Description: | Battle flag of the Second Regiment Mississippi Volunteers captured together with much of the regiment by the Sixth Wisconsin Volunteers at Gettysburg July ... |
| Date: | 12 17 1860 |
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| Description: | "An ordinance to dissolve the Union between the State of South Carolina and other states united with her under the compact entitled 'The Constitution of th... |
| Date: | 01 1861 |
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| Description: | "An ordinance to dissolve the Union between the State of Louisiana and other states united with her under the compact entitled 'The Constitution of the Uni... |
| Date: | 01 1861 |
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| Description: | "An ordinance to dissolve the Union between the State of Louisiana and other states united with her under the compact entitled 'The Constitution of the Uni... |
| Date: | 01 22 1861 |
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| Description: | "Republic of Georgia. Ordinance of Secession , passed Jan'ry 19, 1861. With the names of the signers. Decorative broadside. |
| Date: | 04 21 1861 |
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| Description: | "Warning to Traitors." A threatening handbill warning against treasonable and dangerous utterances, signed by the "Vigilance Committee." |
| Date: | 02 01 1864 |
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| Description: | List of Civil War draft-dodgers issued by the Provost Marshal's office, Fifth District of Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 08 22 1862 |
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| Description: | A call to arms issued by Confederate colonel John H. Morgan, asserting that the Confederacy is winning the war. He mentions George B. McClellan, Thomas J. ... |
| Date: | 09 17 1862 |
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| Description: | Proclamation of amnesty by Confederate Major General Loring, offering "Christian charity" to citizens who have been armed by the Union if they surrender th... |
| Date: | 09 24 1862 |
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| Description: | A proclamation by Confederate Major General Loring asserting the soundness of Confederate currency and encouraging citizens to use it in trade and accept i... |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | A large poster giving an overview of the cost of the Civil War in lives and money, dominated by a list of 154 major battles. |
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| Description: | A poster with a list of names of Civil War soldiers arranged by military unit. |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | A hand-drawn poster, produced by S.W. Martin's Writing Academy of Madison, listing the officers and men of the 1st Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, ... |
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| Description: | Pen-drawn poster listing the officers and men of Company H. Includes small oval portraits of some of the officers. |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Hand-drawn poster by S.W. Martin of the Civil War officers and men of the Kickapoo Rangers of the 12th Regiment, Company K. Above and to the left of the li... |
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| Description: | Application to admit a child to the Soldiers' Orphans' Home, at Madison, Wisconsin, who had lost their father in the Civil War. |
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| Description: | Resolutions adopted by the Madison, Wisconsin post of the Grand Army of the Republic. The text on the top reads, "Grand Army of the Republic, Department of... |
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