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| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Christmas and New Years greeting card from Hosea W. Rood, presumably sent to his comrades of the 12th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, Company E, who had been... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Civil War handbill that reads: "Charleston Mercury Extra...The Union Is Dissolved!" |
| Date: | 04 23 1861 |
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| Description: | Recruiting poster for the "Patriots of St. Croix" to "take up arms". |
| Date: | 07 24 1862 |
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| Description: | Poster calling for the recruitment of volunteers from Grant County for the Union Army during the Civil War. |
| Date: | 1858 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from bluff looking down on city, with Lake Michigan in background. Detailed foreground with two boys playing with a grounded kite, while a ma... |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | View of Milwaukee, looking southwest toward the county courthouse while it was under construction. |
| Date: | 1857 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Madison over rooftop and across lake with sailboats and steamers. A group of people are standing on a viewing platform on the roof in th... |
| Date: | 1820 |
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| Description: | Engraving of Fort Dearborn (center) and Kinzie Mansion (right) after Seth Eastman's original drawing in 1820 for the U. S. Army. Several people are visible... |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | Plan of the Senate Chamber for the second Wisconsin State Capitol (the first in Madison), showing the seating arrangement. |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | Plan of the Assembly Hall in the second Wisconsin State Capitol showing the seating arrangement. |
| Date: | 1863 |
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| Description: | "Colonel B.J. Sweet's 21st Wisconsin Volunteer Regiments." Lithograph of the 21st Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, on Parade at Camp Bragg (now Menom... |
| Date: | 1862 |
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| Description: | "Camp Casey near Fairfax Seminary, Virginia 1st Brigade, Casey's Division". Handcolored lithograph of site of Camp Casey. |
| Date: | 1862 |
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| Description: | "The Soldier's Dream of Home," a Currier and Ives lithograph, handcolored. |
| 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: | 1858 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising the Racine & Mississippi Railroad. |
| Date: | 1878 |
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| Description: | Advertising card for Goodrich Transportation Company listing destinations and departure times. In the center of the advertisement is a drawing of a sidewhe... |
| Date: | 08 1862 |
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| Description: | Color lithograph of Union lines in the midst of battle. |
| Date: | 07 1861 |
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| Description: | Etching of a battle scene during the retreat from Manassas. Originally published by Virtue & Company Publishers of New York. |
| Date: | 07 21 1861 |
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| Description: | Depiction of the battlefield. Engraved by J.C. McRae and drawn by W. Momberger. |
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