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First Three Buildings on the University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus

Date: 1865
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison campus showing the first three buildings on campus, South Hall (left), University Hall [Bascom Hall] (center), and North Ha...
Photograph

A Lancaster Home

Date: 1865
Description: Stereograph elevated view of a home in Lancaster.
Photograph

Farwell Hotel

Date: 1865
Description: Stereograph view looking downhill towards the three-story Farwell Hotel in Lancaster.
Photograph

Lancaster Congregational Church

Date: 1865
Description: Stereograph view looking downhill towards Lancaster, with the Congregational Church to the right.
Photograph

Ceresco, Ripon, Wisconsin

Date: 1865
Description: Elevated view of Ceresco taken from Seward's hill.
Map or Atlas

Climatological Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1865
Description: Map showing the location of meteorological stations and effects that Lake Michigan has had on Wisconsin temperatures in January and July. The map shows cou...
Photograph

Milwaukee County Court House

Date: 1865
Description: Courthouse built in 1836, then torn down in 1871 to make way for a new structure. Tall central building with two wings coming off the sides. Path in fron...
Photograph

Fort Sumpter

Date: 1865
Description: Exterior of Fort Sumpter [sic]. There are several men and a boat on the shoreline in the foreground.
Plate 56
Map or Atlas

The seat of war in Virginia ... positions of the rebel forces, batteries, intrenchments, and encampments in Virginia - the fort for the protection of Richmond

Date: 1865
Description: This map of Maryland and Virginia shows railroads, rivers, cities and towns, and the positions of Confederate troops and defenses in Virginia in 1861.
Map or Atlas

Map Illustrating the Battle of Averysboro N.C.

Date: 1865
Description: This map is a pen and ink tracing. Union positions are shown in blue and Confederate positions are shown in red. Roads, vegetation, and streams are labeled...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Battle Field of Spottsylvania C.H. [Courthouse] Showing the Field of Operations of the Army of the Potomac

Date: 1865
Description: This map of the battlefield at Spotsylvania Courthouse illustrates the Union positions in blue and Confederate positions in red. Roads, railroads, vegetati...
Map or Atlas

Route of Gen. Wm. S. Smith's March Thru Alabama and Mississippi

Date: 1865
Description: This map traces the route of Union troops under the command of Gen. William S. Smith. This force left Memphis, Tennessee, on February 11, 1864, traveling a...
Map or Atlas

Battle-Field of Dinwiddie C.H. [Court House] Fought Saturday, March 31st

Date: 1865
Description: This map of the battlefield shows U.S. infantry positions in blue, U.S. cavalry positions in yellow, Confederate positions in red, roads, drainage, vegetat...
Map or Atlas

Battle-field of Five Forks Fought Saturday

Date: 1865
Description: This map of the battlefield at Five Forks, Va., shows Union and Confederate positions, roads, drainage, vegetation, relief by hachures, and names of reside...
Map or Atlas

Colton's Topographical Map of Seat of War in Virginia, Maryland

Date: 1865
Description: A general map of eastern Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, southern Pennsylvania, and northern North Carolina.
Map or Atlas

Military Map Showing the Marches of the United States Forces Under Maj. Genl. W.T. Sherman During the Years 1863, 1864, 1865

Date: 1865
Description: Detailed map of the southeastern United States showing fortifications, "movements of Genl. J.H. Wilson's Cavalry Corps," "pursuit of Hood" and the lines of...
Map or Atlas

Central Virginia Showing Lieut. Gen'l U.S. Grant's Campaign and Marches of the Armies Under His Command in 1864-5

Date: 1865
Description: Map extends from Harper's Ferry in the north to Petersburg in the south and from Lexington east to Heathsville. The routes of the II, V, VI, IX, XVIII, and...
Map or Atlas

Region Embraced in the Operations of the Armies Against Richmond and Petersburg

Date: 1865
Description: This detailed map of the area between Richmond and Petersburg shows fortifications, roads, railroads, towns, street patterns of Petersburg and Richmond, dr...
Map or Atlas

Central Virginia, Showing Maj. Gen'l P.H. Sheridan' s Campaigns and Marches of the Cavalry Under His Command in 1864-65

Date: 1865
Description: This map shows the seven raids made in central Virginia by cavalry under the command of Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan between May 9, 1864, and May 3, 1865.
Map or Atlas

Part of Map Illustrating the March of the Army Under Command of Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman from Atlanta Ga. to Savannah, Ga. November 15th to Dec. 21st, 1864

Date: 1865
Description: This pen and ink map sketches the route taken by General Sherman's troops from Atlanta, Georgia, to Savannah, Georgia. Railroads, rivers, and towns are lab...

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