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Map of Milwaukee

Date: 1862
Description: Drawn the second year of the Civil War, this 1862 map of Milwaukee shows post offices, light houses, beacon lights, county buildings, elevator warehouses, ...
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Plat Map of Madison

Date: 1836
Description: The top map is the "Plat of Madison the Capitol of Wisconsin." The bottom map is the "Map of the Four Lake Country. Taken from the Township Maps in the U.S...
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Fuller Opera House

Date: 1889
Description: Illustration of the exterior of the Fuller Opera House, which is a detail from a bird's-eye view map of Madison.
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Brown County Map

Date: 1900
Description: Two-section Map of Brown County.
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New Wall Atlas of Sauk County

Date: 1913
Description: A wall atlas of Sauk County, Wisconsin, displaying its 22 towns. On the left side are advertisements for local businesses.
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Appleton's General War Map of the United States

Date: 1860
Description: This colored map shows railroad lines east of the Mississippi as well as in the states bordering the Mississippi River. The Great Lakes and Gulf of Mexico ...
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Map Illustrating the Battle of Bentonville, N.C.

Date: 1865
Description: This map of the Bentonville, N.C., battlefield illustrates the positions of the Union and the Confederate troops, roads, rivers, vegetation, and the names ...
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Map of the Rebel Lines at Raleigh, N.C., Evacuated Upon the Approach of the Army Commanded by Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman

Date: 1865
Description: This map illustrates the lines of defense established by Confederate troops, under the command of General Joseph E. Johnston, at Raleigh, North Carolina, i...
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Map of the Battle of Iuka, Miss., Showing the Positions of the U.S. and Confederate Troops on the 19th of Sept. 1862

Date: 1876
Description: This map of the Battle of Iuka depicts the May 19, 1862, positions of the Union forces in blue and Confederate in red. Indicated on the map are roads, the ...
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Map Illustrating the Siege of Atlanta, Georgia, by the United States Forces Under Command of Maj. Genl. W.T. Sherman

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Description: This detailed map shows fortifications, headquarters, location and dates of battles, street outline of Atlanta, roads, railroads, vegetation, drainage, rel...
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Map Showing the Military Defense of Cincinnati, Covington and Newport

Date: 1862
Description: This detailed map shows batteries and rifle pits, railroads, common and military roads, turnpikes, city streets and names, bridges, ferries, rural houses a...
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Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin

Date: 1873
Description: A hand-colored map of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan shows the counties, cities, villages, rivers, lakes, railroads, and steamboat routes in these stat...
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Sanborn Map of Montello

Date: 09 19 1909
Description: Sanborn Map of Montello, Page 1.
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Sanborn Map of Montello

Date: 09 19 1909
Description: Sanborn Map of Montello, Page 2.
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Prairie Potawatomi Legends of the Mukwonago Lakes

Date: 11 14 1942
Description: This pictorial map illustrates Potawatomi Indian legends from the region of Lower Phantom Lake, labeled Howitt Lake on the map, Phantom Lake, and Mukwonag...
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Map of Adamsville, Iowa County, Wis.

Date: 1840
Description: This map shows local streets, numbered lots, and part of Blue Mounds Branch. The map reads: "NE 1/4 NW 1/4 Sect. 16 - T5 - R5E." under the title and is dat...
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Sanborn Map of Mellen

Date: 09 1909
Description: Sheet 1 of a Sanborn map of Mellen.
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Sanborn Map of Mellen

Date: 09 1909
Description: Sanborn map of Mellen, Wisconsin.
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Sanborn Map of Mellen

Date: 09 1909
Description: Sanborn map of Mellen, Wisconsin.
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Sanborn Map of Mellen

Date: 09 1909
Description: Sanborn map of Mellen, Wisconsin.

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