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Jerusha Wilcox Sturgis

Date: 1866
Description: Full-length portrait of Jerusha Sturgis, standing near a chair. The wife of Samuel Davis Sturgis I and mother of Nina Dousman. Born December 1, 1827; Died ...
Photograph

Tzi-Kal-Tza

Date: 1866
Description: Tzi-Kal-Tza, Nez Perce, seated outdoors with a rifle across his lap. The original photo is attributed to the William Henry Jackson collection (PH 252 (3...
Drawing

Iowa Falls

Date: 1866
Description: An image from a sketchbook of the town of Iowa Falls. There is a fence in the foreground and buildings in the background.
Photograph

Interior View of Fort Sumpter

Date: 1866
Description: The interior of Fort Sumter showing the battlements.
Plate 57
Photograph

Columbia from the Capitol

Date: 1866
Description: Destruction of Columbia after General Sherman's men burned the town near the end of the Civil War.
Plate 53
Photograph

The Front of Kenesaw Mountain, GA

Date: 1866
Description: Earthworks in a field in foreground. In the middle distance is a small house with a fence. The Kenesaw Mountain is in the background.
Photograph

Battle Ground of Resacca, GA No. 3

Date: 1866
Description: Barren and battered trees on the Resacca battlefield. There is a house in a valley in the distance.
Plate 21
Photograph

Battle Ground of Resacca, GA No. 1

Date: 1866
Description: Broken trees in front of a field with a fence. There is a small building on a hill in the background.
Plate 20
Photograph

The John Ross House, Ringold, GA

Date: 1866
Description: Farmhouse with a large chimney and front porch. A group of people are sitting on the porch. The house was used as a hospital several times during the battl...
Photograph

Chattanooga from the North

Date: 1866
Description: Two log buildings are in the foreground. A bridge spans a river in the middle distance, and the city of Chattanooga is on the far side at the base of a mou...
Photograph

Alexander Simplot and His Wife

Date: 1866
Description: Tintype of Alexander Simplot, sitting, and his wife, standing, who is wearing a fashionable hat and coat and holding a fur muff.
Map or Atlas

General Buell’s Map of the Battlefield of Shiloh

Date: 1866
Description: This detailed map shows the positions of the armies of the Ohio and Tennessee, Confederate lines, headquarters, "regimental camps at the date of the battle...
Photograph

Thaddeus Dean's Residence

Date: 1866
Description: Carte-de-visite of local merchant Thaddeus Dean's residence, located at the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue and Gorham Street.
Photograph

Ojibwa Woman with Infant and Child

Date: 1866
Description: Stereograph of an Ojibwa woman sitting on an overturned canoe with a baby on her back wrapped in a blanket. A young child is sitting at her feet. They are ...
Map or Atlas

Diagram of the Senate Chamber

Date: 1866
Description: Diagram and seating chart for the Wisconsin State Senate in the second State Capitol Building which burned down in 1904.
Map or Atlas

Diagram of the Assembly Chamber

Date: 1866
Description: Diagram and seating chart for the Wisconsin State Assembly in the second State Capitol Building which burned down in 1904..

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