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Three Views of the Indian Massacre

Date: 1862
Description: A composite of three views showing the siege of New Ulm on August 19 during the Indian Massacre of 1862. The lower left view depicts wagons and horses on a...
Poster

Military Memorial Poster

Date: 
Description: Commemorative poster honoring duties of the States and those that fought and lead the war.
Print

Grand Victorious 'Return' March of the Rebels

Date: 1860
Description: Four Union soldiers chasing four Confederate soldiers. The Union soldiers have a Union flag, a cannon and rifles with bayonets. The four Confederate soldie...
Print

The Union Armada

Date: 1860
Description: A Union sailor and King Neptune stand inside a sea shell that is floating on the ocean. Between them appears a decorative circle with the Union Armada in i...
Photograph

Battle of Chancellorsville

Date: 
Description: Copy of a painting entitled, "Last Meeting of General Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson." The scene depicts the meeting at the Battle of Chancellorsvill...
Print

When Thus Our Hosts Go Proudly Forth, Let Foes Beware the Spirit of the North!

Date: 1860
Description: A youthful looking Zouave soldier has a knife in his right hand and the Union flag in his left. A battlefield with explosions is behind him. The verse bel...
Print

Poor Old Simple Virginia

Date: 1860
Description: An old woman, stooped over and holding a cane, has Union soldiers ("NORTH" on the left) and Confederate soldiers ("SOUTH" on the right) climbing ladders to...
Print

Capture of Fort Henry

Date: 02 22 1862
Description: Engraved illustration for the story titled: "The Capture of Fort Henry". The drawing is of a gun-deck of a Mississippi gun boat.
Book or Pamphlet

Battle of Hoke’s Run

Date: 07 27 1861
Description: The caption with the image states, "Battle of Hoke's Run-Col. Starkweather with his Wisconsin Regiment deploying as skirmishers." The Battle of Hoke's Run ...
Painting

Civil War Cannon and Ammunition

Date: 1886
Description: Oil on linen study of a Civil War cannon with ammunition wagon attached. The painting was created by one of a group of German panorama painters active in ...
Map or Atlas

Gettysburg and Vicinity : Constructed and Engraved to Illustrate "The War with the South" : A Topographical Map of the Battles of Gettysburg, July 1st, 2nd & 3rd, 1863

Date: 1864
Description: This map of the Battle of Gettysburg indicates Union positions in red and Confederate positions in blue. Also shown are artillery positions, roads, railroa...
Map or Atlas

Map of the State of Wisconsin

Date: 1850
Description: A hand-colored map showing portions of present-day Iron and Vilas counties north of the Manitowish River as part of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The Wi...
Map or Atlas

Official Plan of the Siege of Yorktown, Va.

Date: 1862
Description: This map illustrates the official plan for the siege of Yorktown, Virginia, and indicates the headquarters of Generals McClellan, Porter, Woodbury, and Hei...
Map or Atlas

Plan of Fort Jackson, showing the effect of bombardment by the U.S. mortar flotilla and gunboats, April 13th to 24th 1862; drawn by E. Hergesheimer

Date: 1862
Description: This detailed plan of Fort Jackson, in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, indicates the damage inflicted by the April, 1862, bombardment of the fort by Union f...
Map or Atlas

The Battle Fields and Military Positions in the Virginia Peninsula From Surveys Supplied by Officers of the Army

Date: 1862
Description: This map shows the region of southeastern Virginia which served as the setting for the Peninsular Campaign of 1862. A few battle sites are marked by crosse...
Map or Atlas

Map Showing the System of Confederate Fortifications on the Mississippi River at Island No. 10 and New Madrid

Date: 1862
Description: This map of the Mississippi River between Island No. 8, northeast of New Madrid, Missouri, and Tiptonville, Tennessee, depicts the Confederate defenses at ...
Map or Atlas

Topographical Sketch of Bull Run Battlefield

Date: 1862
Description: This pen and ink drawing of the First Battle of Bull Run, JuIy 21st, 1861, was made by Charles K. Dean, adjutant with the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry. The 2nd W...
Map or Atlas

Topographical Sketch of the Battle-Field with Stone River

Date: 1863
Description: This map is a hand-colored, pen and ink, drawing by Ole R. Dahl of Co. B, 15 Wisconsin Infantry shows the battlefield at Stones River, depicting roads, str...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Region Between Gettysburg, Pa. and Appomattox Court House, Va., Exhibiting the Connection Between the Campaign and Battle-field Map

Date: 1863
Description: These detailed topographical maps of the Battle of Gettysburg show drainage, vegetation, roads, railroads, fences, houses with names of residents, and a de...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Region Between Gettysburg, Pa. and Appomattox Court House, Va., Exhibiting the Connection Between the Campaign and Battle-field Map

Date: 1863
Description: These detailed topographical maps of the Battle of Gettysburg show drainage, vegetation, roads, railroads, fences, houses with names of residents, and a de...

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