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Cavalry Skirmish

Date: 11 12 1862
Description: Watercolor of a skirmish between the 7th Kansas Cavalry, Company A of the 12th Wisconsin Infantry, & Jackson's Rebel Cavalry near Lamar, Mississippi.
Print

General Grant

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Description: A portrait of General Grant surrounded with scenes of his life.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

1st Wisconsin Cavalry Veterans

Date: 1902
Description: Newspaper page with a composite of portraits of the First Wisconsin Cavalry veterans from the Civil War who enlisted at Ripon, Wisconsin.
Photograph

Monroe J. Wetherwax

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Description: Full-length carte-de-visite portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Private Monroe J. Weatherwax, Company I, 4th Wisconsin Cavalry. He is wearing a hat,...
Photograph

Fort Assinniboine

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Description: A view of soldiers on horseback leading a cavalry drill. Flags are visible in the formation of men at Fort Assinniboine, built in 1879. Caption reads: "Cav...
Print

Head Quarters, Second Regiment Wisconsin Cavalry

Date: 1860
Description: A cavalry soldier sits on his horse, with a military camp and flag in the background. The faint image of Abraham Lincoln is from the opposite envelope in t...
Photograph

Garden of Joseph of Arimathea and Damascus Road #1712

Date: 1893
Description: A replication of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Depicted is the Damascus Road and the garden of Joseph of Arimathea. Joseph of Arimathea was a wealthy ma...
Poster

You Must Go Soon Why Not Now?

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of soldiers lined up, planes flying overhead, a cavalry-mounted officer on horseback, and a cannon nearby. Poster text rea...
Poster

Roll of Honor. Service in the World War Roster

Date: 1917
Description: Honor roll for the members of Company K, 345th Infantry. Includes a bald eagle flanked by flags, and reproductions of postcard images. These are titled "Re...
Photograph

Training Horses on a Serbian Farmstead

Date: 1914
Description: Austrian Soldiers are training horses on a Serbian farm during World War I.
Photograph

Pontoons to Cross the Save River

Date: 1915
Description: Three Austrian soldiers are sitting and standing around wagons loaded with pontoons that will be used to bridge the Save (Sava) River during World War I be...
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Austrian Soldiers at Rest

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers smoking in front of military equipment hanging from a fence.
Photograph

Austrian Soldier at the Stables

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers are using a house as a horse stable in Serbia.
Photograph

Austrian Transportation to the Front

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Description: Austrian munitions column on horses and mules being transported to the front.
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Austrian Ammunition on the Move

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Description: Austrian munitions column on horses and mules being transported to the front.
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Munitions Column on the Uzsok Pass

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Description: Munitions column on the Uzsok Pass.
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Horse-Drawn German Artillery

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Description: Horse-drawn piece of German artillery in Skiernewize, Poland.
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Arrival of Provisions

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Description: Arrival of provisions in Skiernewize.
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Artillery Team Rider

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Description: Austrian lead rider with team pulling artillery.
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Maintaining Equipment in the Desert

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Description: Maintaining horse furniture and leather equipment in the desert.

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