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| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Site of the Battle of Antietam, the Burnside Bridge. |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | "Siege of Vicksburg." An etching published by Johnson, Fry & Company from a painting by Chappel of the Union lines during the battle. |
| Date: | 07 04 1863 |
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| Description: | The surrender of Confederate troops after the battle of Vicksburg. Watercolor by Private John Gaddis of the 12th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, Company E. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | "McPherson's Corps in the Afternoon's Assault." A scene from a panoramic painting of Grant's assault on Vicksburg. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | A scene from a panoramic painting of Grant's assault on Vicksburg. |
| Date: | 1863 |
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| Description: | An engraving of the Battle of Gettysburg, after the painting by P.F. Rothermel. |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | The siege of Petersburg, VA, April 2-9, 1965. From a sketch by James Kiness. |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | "Kearsarge and Alabama: Hauling Down the Flag." A color lithograph published by L. Prang & Co. of Boston. |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | A large poster giving an overview of the cost of the Civil War in lives and money, dominated by a list of 154 major battles. |
| Date: | 1863 |
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| Description: | Lithographed Civil War roster of the 31st Regiment, including insets of the Battle of Somerset or Millspring, Kentucky, and Pea Ridge, Arkansas. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Men clear the ruins of a home after the Battle Above the Clouds. |
| Date: | 1862 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 02 22 1862 |
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| Description: | Engraved illustration for the story titled: "The Capture of Fort Henry". The drawing is of a gun-deck of a Mississippi gun boat. |
| Date: | 07 27 1861 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 03 15 1862 |
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| Description: | Engraved Illustration for the story titled: "The Fight at Fort Donelson". The illustration shows the Second Iowa Volunteers regiment attacking Confederate ... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Oil painting of a Confederate Civil War soldier on the ground holding a rifle, created as a preliminary study for the Cyclorama of the Battle of Gettysburg... |
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