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Fort Sumter

Date: 1915
Description: View across water toward Fort Sumter. Caption reads: "Fort Sumter, Charleston, S. C."
Postcard

Grant's Headquarters

Date: 1915
Description: Color postcard view of house with trees and yard on a hill. Caption reads: "Grant's Headquarters, Vicksburg, Miss."
Photograph

Birthplace of the Grand Army of the Republic

Date: 1915
Description: Historic site marker to commemorate the birthplace of the Grand Army of the Republic, founded by Dr. Benjamin F. Stephenson on April 6, 1886.
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Third Wisconsin Civil War Veterans' Reunion

Date: 1915
Description: Third Wisconsin Civil War veterans' reunion, posed on the lawn in front of the Beloit Public Library.
Photograph

Sauk County Civil War Veterans

Date: 1915
Description: Group portrait of Sauk County veterans posed outdoors.
Photograph

Monument to the Thirty-Sixth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry

Date: 1915
Description: A monument dedicated to the 36th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, Companies B, E, F, and G. These companies were part of the Army of the Potomac, who fought a...
Photograph

"Birth of a Nation" Street Battle

Date: 1915
Description: Street scene from the film "The Birth of a Nation" featuring a battle between soldiers on foot and members of the Ku Klux Klan on horseback. The men on hor...
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Robert Z. Leonard in uniform in a scene still

Date: 1915
Description: Robert Z. Leonard costumed as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army in the Civil War, pauses warily by a window in a scene still for the silent drama "Betty'...
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Donald Crisp publicity still for "The Birth of a Nation"

Date: 1915
Description: In this publicity still for D.W. Griffith's silent drama "The Birth of a Nation," Donald Crisp wears a U.S. Army uniform for his role as General Ulysses S....
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Henry Walthall publicity still for "The Birth of a Nation"

Date: 1915
Description: In this publicity still for D.W. Griffith's silent drama "The Birth of a Nation," Henry Walthall stands outdoors in a Confederate uniform for his role as C...

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