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| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Civil War commemorative roster of Company F, 11th Wisconsin Infantry, Harvey Zouaves of the Eleventh Regiment. |
| Date: | 08 01 1866 |
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| Description: | Army commission for William H. Upham in the Fifth Wisconsin Artillery dated June 18, 1866, and signed by Andrew Johnson and Edwin M. Stanton on August 1, 1... |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Letterhead illustration of Colonel Elmer Ellsworth, the first casualty of the Civil War, under the caption "Remember Ellsworth!" Colonel Ellsworth was kill... |
| Date: | 07 12 1865 |
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| Description: | A letter written by Wisconsin Governor James T. Lewis to E.G. Ayer of Harvard, Illinois, thanking him for his special care of and attention to sick and wou... |
| Date: | 07 14 1865 |
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| Description: | The first page of a letter written by E.G. Ayer of Harvard, Illinois, to Wisconsin Governor James T. Lewis, in gratitude for the governor's thanks for cari... |
| Date: | 07 14 1865 |
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| Description: | The second page of a letter written by E.G. Ayer of Harvard, Illinois, to Wisconsin Governor James T. Lewis, in gratitude for the governor's thanks for car... |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | A page of autographs of the members of the 1861 Wisconsin Legislature. |
| Date: | 04 1862 |
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| Description: | Stationery depicting the fortifications around Washington, D.C., during the second year of the Civil War: Arlington Heights, directly across the Potomac Ri... |
| Date: | 04 1862 |
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| Description: | Hand-tinted stationery showing the Capitol in Washington, D.C. in 1862. The blue tint on the dome may have been intended to represent the unfinished natur... |
| Date: | 08 1861 |
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| Description: | Large-format, illustrated stationery purchased by Rudolph Fine, a member of the 6th Wisconsin Infantry in August, 1861, showing the Capitol (in actuality, ... |
| Date: | 05 1863 |
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| Description: | Two pages, dated May 23-24, 1863, of a diary kept by H.H. (Henry Hamilton) Bennett during the Civil War. |
| Date: | 02 13 1862 |
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| Description: | Letter describing gun invention and Bradford's intentions for improvements. |
| Date: | 10 08 1862 |
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| Description: | An introduction to the Kentucky Papers, written by Spencer Records, which begins, "I have written the following narrative partly for my own satisfaction an... |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | Petition to President Abraham Lincoln for the establishment of soldiers homes and hospitals in Wisconsin. The petition is signed by 18 women. |
| Date: | 11 1862 |
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| Description: | List of supplies issued to Cordelia Harvey for her soldiers' hospital. |
| Date: | 12 15 1862 |
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| Description: | Letter from Cordelia Harvey to Governor Edward Salomon regarding her work. |
| Date: | 07 08 1863 |
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| Description: | Diary entries for July 7 and 8, 1863 written by Emilie Quiner while caring for Union soldiers in Memphis, Tennessee. |
| Date: | 01 08 1863 |
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| Description: | Letter from John L. Mitchell to his mother describing combat and conditions at Camp Bradley near Murfreesboro, Tennessee. |
| Date: | 04 15 1865 |
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| Description: | Banner from newspaper from the day after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. |
| Date: | 04 15 1865 |
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| Description: | Newsprint extra about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. It appeared on the back page of publication with a time line of events as they occurred. |
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