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| Date: | 07 1863 |
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| Description: | "Old Abe" and "Color Guard" of the Eighth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, posed in uniform, outside with Old Abe on a shield perch. Likely Edward H... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Erected in June 1909, H.H. Kitson's sculpture commemorates Confederate Lieutenant General Stephen Dill Lee and is located in the Vicksburg National Militar... |
| 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. |
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| Description: | An etching of a Southern woman praying in a Vicksburg casement during the siege. Copied from "Confederate War Etchings" by A. Volck. |
| 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: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Railroad redoubt seen from the north showing the slope where General Grant's column charged on May 22, 1863, during the siege of Vicksburg. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | The famous "Shirley House" or "White House," stands near the Jackson Road, which was between the Union and Confederate entrenchments during the siege of Vi... |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Cave in a hillside occupied by the Lewis family from May 18 to July 4, 1863, during the Civil War siege of Vicksburg. Hundreds of other caves in the vicin... |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Confederate "Fort Hill" on the south side of Jackson Road where the Confederate entrenchments run southward. The Siege of Vicksburg lasted from May to July... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Surrender Monument, where Generals Grant and Pemberton met to arrange terms for the surrender of Vicksburg, July 3, 1863. General Pemberton surrendered 31,... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Color postcard view of house with trees and yard on a hill. Caption reads: "Grant's Headquarters, Vicksburg, Miss." |
| Date: | 04 1902 |
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| Description: | Confederate veterans at the Vicksburg Surrender Monument, on the occasion of decorating Union soldiers' graves. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Grave markers at the Vicksburg National Cemetery. |
| Date: | 07 1863 |
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| Description: | Photograph of a monochrome painting of "Old Abe" the bald eagle mascot of the Eighth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and his regiment color guard. ... |
| Date: | 06 1863 |
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| Description: | Halftone print of an adolescent Old Abe, bald eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Civil War Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Closeup image of Old Abe on his shi... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The 8th Wisconsin Infantry Regimental Marker at Vicksburg National Military Park features a sculpture of the eagle "Old Abe" on the side. The monument is m... |
| Date: | 07 04 1863 |
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| Description: | Vicksburg Daily Citizen of July 2, 1864. This copy bears handwritten notes about the surrender of Vicksburg and the acquisition of the paper by Lewi... |
| Date: | 07 04 1863 |
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| Description: | Blue and white floral print wallpaper on which the Vicksburg Daily Citizen of July 2, 1863 is printed. |
| Date: | 07 02 1864 |
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| Description: | First edition of the July 2, 1864 edition of The Daily Citizen as set by James M. Swords. |
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