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| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | "Old Abe The Live Wisconsin War Eagle," eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Regiment painted from life perched on a flag pole. |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | James K. Proudfit, adjutant general of Wisconsin, in uniform. |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | Bennett in uniform, showing his crippled right hand, taken when he was 23-years-old after he was ministered out of the Army. The hand wound was caused by ... |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | Engraved carte-de-visite portrait of General Ulysses S. Grant and his family. |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | Exterior of Fort Sumter. A cannon has fallen on the steep shoreline and waves are hitting the rocks. Plate 58 |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | The interior of Fort Sumter showing the battlements. Plate 57 |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | The ruins of Columbia after Sherman passed through, with damaged buildings, free-standing columns, and a pile of rubble. Plate 55 |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | The ruins of a church in Columbia after General Sherman's men burned the town near the end of the Civil War. Plate 54 |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | Destruction of Columbia after General Sherman's men burned the town near the end of the Civil War. Plate 53 |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | Construction on the new capitol building. A church is behind the construction. Plate 52 |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | A large fountain with statues. Two (Union?) soldiers are on the far side. Plate 78937 |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over storefronts and the river. Plate 50 |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over storefronts and the river. Plate 49 |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | Trees with Spanish moss line a path in the Bonaventure Cemetery. Plate 48 |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | Trees with Spanish moss along the Savannah River. Plate 47 |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of commercial area of the city, taken after General Sherman marched through. Most of the buildings appear to be intact, but one of the build... |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the ruins of the railroad roundhouse, with the city in the background. Men are posing on the train cars and engines. Plate 45 |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | An empty battlefield with posts sticking out from an earthworks in the foreground. Plate 37 |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | An empty battlefield with debris among trees. Plate 36 |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | A clearing in some trees with an animal skull where Union General McPherson died. Plate 35 |
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