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| Date: | 07 1863 |
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| Description: | "Old Abe" and "Color Guard" of the Eighth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, posed in uniform, outside with Old Abe on a shield perch. Likely Edward H... |
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| Description: | Recruitment poster in German for the 26th Regiment of Wisconsin volunteers. |
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| Description: | Recruiting poster that reads "302 Dollars or 402 Dollars for Veterans will be paid for Volunteers for the 10th Wis. Regiment". |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Old Abe, eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, perched at the end of a cannon looking left with the American flag in the background. Serve... |
| Date: | 05 30 1904 |
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| Description: | Chromolithograph of Old Abe, Wisconsin War Eagle. The title reads: "Memorial Day in Wisconsin Schools." |
| Date: | 1863 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the steamboat Golden Era, which did service during the Civil War, docked near buildings. It was sold to Michael Purcell of New Orle... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Old Abe, the eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Infantry, posed on a cannon with the third Wisconsin State Capitol in the background. From 1864 until his de... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | "Old Abe," the famous eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Infantry, on exhibit in the G.A.R. Museum in the third Wisconsin State Capitol. This photograph was... |
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| Description: | The flag of the Iron Brigade bearing the design of an eagle surrounded by the names of battles. |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Marshall house in which Elmer E. Ellsworth was shot. |
| Date: | 10 14 1861 |
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| Description: | Engraving of Old Abe, mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Civil War Voluntary Infantry, displayed for a crowd. The eagle bearer holds Old Abe's staff perch while t... |
| Date: | 11 28 1861 |
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| Description: | Civil War recruiting poster for the 5th Wisconsin Regiment written in German. |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | Marshall House, in which Col. E.E. Ellsworth was shot on May 24, 1861. |
| 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... |
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| Description: | Decorative lithograph with hundreds of prisoners' names, as well as scenes from the prison motifs as four insets, one on each corner: Libby Prison; Belle I... |
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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: | 1864 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of the main building, a tenement (loft style) building, at Libby Prison. |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | "Andersonville Prison, Camp Sumter, Ga., as it appeared August 1st 1864 when it contained 35,000 prisoners of war." |
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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: | 1864 |
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| Description: | The locomotives "Christopher Adams" and "Liverpool," taken over and operated by the U.S. military during the Civil War. |
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