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Date: | 06 1864 |
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Description: | Civil War General Winfield Scott Hancock and division commanders, (standing left to right) Generals Barlow, Birney, and Gibbon (previously commander of the... |
Date: | 11 1863 |
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Description: | Civil War General John C. Starkweather, center; Lt. Colonel George B. Bingham, left; and General Rufus King, right; all of the Iron Brigade. |
Date: | 09 1825 |
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Description: | Treaty at Prairie du Chien, with Fort Crawford seen in the background. This treaty negotiated between Governor William Clark and Governor Lewis Cass and ov... |
Date: | 1887 |
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Description: | Members of the Wisconsin National Guard lined up at Camp Douglas. |
Date: | 1860 |
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Description: | Quarter-plate ambrotype. Three-quarter length portrait of John H. Fonda, settler in the Prairie Du Chien area. He is sitting facing front, with one hand in... |
Date: | 1919 |
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Description: | Advertising poster of World War I veteran returning home to family, farm and new Titan 10-20 tractor. The caption on the poster reads: "Look what dad bough... |
Date: | 1917 |
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Description: | World War I soldiers standing in front and on the back of an International truck with a recruiting poster. |
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Description: | Seated carte-de-visite portrait of Major George Bill, 7th Wisconsin Infantry. |
Date: | 1835 |
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Description: | Little Lake Butte Des Morts just north of Lake Winnebago where Governor Lewis Cass of Michigan, and Thomas McKenney, head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (... |
Date: | 1861 |
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Description: | Soldiers in formation at Camp Randall during winter. The season [there appears to be snow on the ground] and the tents indicate that this image was made in... |
Date: | 1917 |
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Description: | A scrapbook page containing three photographs of John A. Commons (presumably) in his World War I uniform, standing with another man with a Christmas tree, ... |
Date: | 1940 |
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Description: | Photograph of a painting by Cal Peters depicting the surrender of Black Hawk at Fort Crawford in 1832. |
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Description: | A French house in ruins. Captioned: "Julian Bryan, standing in a hole made by a shell. Notice that French houses are constructed for centuries where Amer... |
Date: | 07 18 1862 |
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Description: | Officers of the Second Wisconsin Infantry posed in front of a tent. They are, from left to right, Quartermaster J.D. Ruggles, Dr. A.J. Ward, Major J.S. All... |
Date: | 1880 |
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Description: | Born August 1, 1861, Samuel Sturgis was the younger brother of Nina Sturgis Dousman. He attended West Point Military Academy and had a distinguished career... |
Date: | 1861 |
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Description: | Christmas and New Years greeting card from Hosea W. Rood, presumably sent to his comrades of the 12th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, Company E, who had been... |
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Description: | Full-length studio portrait of H.H. Bennett standing. He is wearing a uniform, holding a hat in his left hand, and resting his right hand on the back of a ... |
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Description: | An engraving from a painting of Robert E. Lee signing the document that would end the war between the states in the presence of Ulysses S. Grant and their ... |
Date: | 08 1917 |
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Description: | A visiting French officer instructs novice American pilots at Camp Mineola on the conditions that they can expect to find at the front. |
Date: | 08 1917 |
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Description: | A training ascension of a captive observation balloon. During their training, soldiers learned how to correctly estimate the effectiveness of artillery on ... |
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