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Vicksburg National Cemetery

Date: 1900
Description: Grave markers at the Vicksburg National Cemetery.
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Andersonville National Cemetery

Date: 1888
Description: An overview of the national cemetery in Andersonville.
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Monument to Confederate Dead

Date: 1864
Description: An albumen stereograph of a monument to the Confederate dead, in the shape of a stone pyramid with steeply pitched sides.
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Soldier's Monument

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Description: View of the Soldier's Monument, erected in 1898 at Evergreen Cemetery, sponsored by the Grand Army of the Republic. The monument, featuring a soldier and t...
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Burial Hill Cemetery

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Description: View of graves at Burial Hill Cemetery, established in 1638. The cemetery is also the site of the Watch Tower, erected in 1643.
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Gravestone of Walter and Ionie Arms

Date: 1960
Description: Walter and Ionie Arms's grave marker in the shade of a tall bush at the Burr Ridge cemetery.
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Cemetery

Date: 07 19 1912
Description: Photographic postcard of the cemetery, with scattered tombstones among the trees. Caption reads: "Cemetey[sic] Alma, Wis."
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Mary Lyon Tomb

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Description: View of the tomb of Mary Lyon (1797-1849), founder of Wheaton Female Seminary, as well as Mount Holyoke Female Seminary where she also served as president....
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Cemetery Visit

Date: 1958
Description: Local historian William F. Wolf visiting the Native American cemetery. In the background is a barn and a silo and other farm buildings.
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Grave and Monument of Asahel Burt and Nathaniel Dickinson

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Description: View of the grave and monument for Asahel Burt and Nathaniel Dickinson. "Nathaniel Dickinson was killed and scalped by the Indians at this place, April 15,...
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Grave of Captain George Denison

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Description: Grave of Captain George Denison. His tombstone reads, "Here lies the body of Captain George Denison departed October the 23 in the year of his age 1694."
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Christ Churchyard

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Description: View of a stone burial vault at Christ Church Cemetery, founded in 1808.
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Spanish Burial Grounds

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Description: View into the ruins of a stone burial vault in Spanish Burial Grounds.
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Kit Carson's Grave

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Description: View of the grave of Kit Carson (1809-1868), an American frontiersman.
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Tomb of General John Coffee

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Description: Tomb of General John Coffee (1772-1833), who fought in the Indian Wars and the War of 1812. Published by Joseph Milner & Son, Druggists.
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Tomb of General Sheridan

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Description: Monument tomb of General Sheridan (1831-1888), Union general in the Civil War.
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"Uncle Sam's" Grave

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Description: Grave of Samuel Wilson (1766-1854), erected in 1931 by his granddaughter Marion Wilson (Sheldon) at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Sketch of the battlefield of Logan's Cross Roads, January 19th, 1862 ...

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Description: Pen and ink tracing showing the positions of Union and Confederate soldiers, troop camps, location of graves, roads, drainage, vegetation, houses, and fenc...
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Fred M. Schlimgen Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Fred M. Schlimgen of Madison, Wisconsin, designer and builder of memorial markers, with a landscape of classical buildings, a cloud-filled sk...
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Hedjord Graves

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Description: Ten graves of the Hedjord family in the Muskego churchyard. There is an obelisk is the center of graves.

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