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| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Detail (central image) of "The Southern Prisons of U.S. Officers" showing Camp Asylum in South Carolina. |
| Date: | 11 28 1861 |
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| Description: | Civil War recruiting poster for the 5th Wisconsin Regiment written in German. |
| 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: | 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: | 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. |
| 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, ... |
| 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... |
| Date: | 1862 |
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| Description: | Lithographed poster by Lipman of Milwaukee. |
| Date: | 1863 |
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| Description: | Lithographed Civil War roster of the 31st Regiment, including insets of the Battle of Somerset or Millspring, Kentucky, and Pea Ridge, Arkansas. |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Printer's proof of Civil War roster on waste paper. |
| Date: | 10 25 1864 |
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| Description: | Poster of statistics and history of the regiment. |
| Date: | 04 24 1861 |
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| Description: | A Civil War agitational poster listing eight requirements of the Confederate States for peace with the Union. |
| Date: | 1863 |
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| Description: | Poster with decorative border and text of the Emancipation Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln. |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Key to a composite portrait of the members of Congress who voted for to pass the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which the caption misidenti... |
| Date: | 09 1863 |
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| Description: | Proclamation made by the Episcopal Clergy of Philadelphia protesting the statement made by John Henry Hopkins, Bishop of the Diocese of Vermont, supporting... |
| Date: | 10 29 1890 |
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| Description: | Poster announcing General Lucius Fairchild speaking at Wautoma, Wisconsin on October 29, 1890. |
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