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Village of Bloomington

Date: 1864
Description: Oval-framed view of the village, founded by Delos W. Taft, had its name changed to Bloomington in 1867. It had been named Tafton.
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Bridge at Chattanooga

Date: 1864
Description: Carte-de-visite of a bridge at Chattanooga with a steamship passing nearby.
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Third Street

Date: 1864
Description: View looking north up Third Street near Market Square. There are five boys and a horse in the middle of the road.
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St. Peter's Episcopal Church

Date: 1864
Description: Elevated view of St. Peter's Episcopal Church.
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Campion College Building

Date: 1864
Description: Oval-framed view of Lawler Hall at Campion College. This image was made during the Civil War when the building was used as a U.S. Military hospital. Prior ...
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Trinity Episcopal Church

Date: 1864
Description: Slightly elevated view across grounds towards the Trinity Episcopal Church, built in 1864.
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Marshall House

Date: 1864
Description: Marshall House, in which Col. E.E. Ellsworth was shot on May 24, 1861.
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View Across the Tennessee River

Date: 1864
Description: View across the Tennessee River toward the city and Cameron Hill, showing the military bridge and some Union Army installations put up following the occupa...
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Landing Supplies

Date: 1864
Description: Supplies being landed from ships at City Point.
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The "Prairie Bird"

Date: 1864
Description: Union gunboat "Prairie Bird," a small rear-wheel steamship.
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Libby Prison

Date: 1864
Description: Exterior view of Libby Prison, a Confederate Prison. The view includes tents and three tenement (loft style) buildings. A group of men stand in the foregro...
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Libby Prison

Date: 1864
Description: Stereograph of the main building, a tenement (loft style) building, at Libby Prison.
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Castle Thunder Confederate Prison

Date: 1864
Description: A stereograph of the Confederate prison Castle Thunder.
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General Lee's Residence

Date: 1864
Description: A stereograph of exterior of General Lee's residence.
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Union Troops at Lawler Hall

Date: 1864
Description: Union troops at Lawler Hall which was used as a U.S. military hospital during the Civil War. Originally built as the Brisbois Hotel in 1857, it was given f...
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Locomotives "Christopher Adams" and "Liverpool"

Date: 1864
Description: The locomotives "Christopher Adams" and "Liverpool," taken over and operated by the U.S. military during the Civil War.
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Monument to Confederate Dead

Date: 1864
Description: An albumen stereograph of a monument to the Confederate dead, in the shape of a stone pyramid with steeply pitched sides.
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St. Mary Academy

Date: 1864
Description: View across lawn toward the stone facade of St. Mary Academy. The arched main entrance is partially behind trees on the left. A bell tower sits in the midd...
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North Campus, St. Mary Academy

Date: 1864
Description: View across curving brick walkway in the lawn of North Campus at St. Mary Academy. A few structures are in the background, and a bench stands near the path...
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St. Mary Academy

Date: 1864
Description: View across lawn toward a gazebo, section of a porch, and benches on the campus of St. Mary Academy. The lawn overlooks the Iowa Bluffs across the Mississi...

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