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Painting

Battle of Chickamauga, 1863

Date: 1925
Description: "Battle of Chickamauga," an oil painting depicting a dramatic moment in the Battle of Chickamauga, painted by Alfred Thorsen after the lithograph. "Charge ...
Drawing

Gaddis Sketches

Date: 11 08 1906
Description: Two Civil War watercolor drawings by John Gaddis, Company E, 12th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, showing the regiment in bivouac, and later their headquarte...
Photograph

Armistice Day Ceremony at Capitol Square

Date: 11 11 1950
Description: Mrs. Minnie Wiese of 317 West Washington Avenue, representing the Grand Army of the Republic, places a wreath at the base of the cenotaph at the Armistice ...
Photograph

Statue of General Stephen Dill Lee

Date: 1909
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...
Photograph

Edwin O. Kimberly

Date: 1900
Description: Photographic calling card of Colonel Edwin O. Kimberly. During the Civil War he was in the 3rd Wisconsin Infantry. It is noted on the card that he was the ...
Photograph

"Brad" Robinson Family

Date: 1925
Description: A studio portrait, presumably of Brad Robinson, his son and grandson. The eldest wears a badge of the Grand Army of the Republic, identifying him as a Civ...
Photograph

Civil War Veterans at Soldier's Home

Date: 12 23 1938
Description: Two unidentified Civil War veterans at soldier's home on December 23, 1938, along with two representatives from the American Legion. The veterans are both ...
Photograph

Civil War Veterans

Date: 1900
Description: Group portrait outdoors of a group of Civil War veterans with other U.S. military officers.
Photograph

Civil War Reenactment

Date: 05 1995
Description: "Civil War Reenactor at Mayville."
Poster

"In the Year of the Pig"

Date: 02 26 1969
Description: Poster advertising the premiere of Emile de Antonio's documentary film "In the Year of the Pig," at the Symphony II theater in Boston. Although the film wa...
Photograph

Civil War Re-Enactors

Date: 09 1993
Description: Civil War re-enactors in costume at Greenbush.
Photograph

Group of Civil War Re-Enactors

Date: 09 1993
Description: Civil war re-enactors in costume armed with bayonets.
Photograph

Civil War Re-Enactor

Date: 09 1994
Description: A Civil War re-enactor in Greenbush.
Photograph

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....
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Military Artifacts

Date: 1962
Description: Display of military, perhaps Civil War, artifacts in Rollo Jamison's private museum of curiosities.

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