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Syvert A. Lee

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Description: Full-length cabinet card portrait of Syvert A. Lee, a private in Company H, 15th Wisconsin Infantry in uniform next to a prop baluster and railing. The fol...
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Racine Civil War Veterans

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Description: "Civil War Day Pictures of Racine Veterans." Composite of small oval head and shoulders portraits of veterans of the Civil War, consisting of 100 Union sol...
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Lee Alexander

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Lee Alexander standing in military uniform, including an elaborate helmet and sword.
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Albert Emmonson

Date: 1862
Description: Quarter-length oval portrait of Albert Emmerson, a sergeant in Company C, 15th Wisconsin Infantry, in uniform and holding a revolver across his chest. The ...
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John Crossman

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Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait in front of a painted backdrop of John Crossman, Company C, 1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery, sitting with a musket across his...
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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,...
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Double Portrait of Charles B. Aubrey

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Description: Waist up carte-de-visite portrait of Charles B. "Doc" Aubrey, 6th Wisconsin Infantry ("Iron Brigade") after the war. An engraving of Aubrey from 1862 is pr...
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Martin Shenk and Ryndert Van Loon

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Description: Full-length carte-de-visite of Martin Shenk, holding a flag, and Ryndert Van Loon, holding a musket with bayonet attached. They are posed shaking hands in ...
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Charles W. Gulliford

Date: 10 1861
Description: Three-Quarter length portrait of Charles W. Gulliford, Company B, 12th Wisconsin Infantry, with musket. Photograph was taken at Camp Randall.
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William H. Pomeroy

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Description: Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Drummer William H. Pomeroy, Company G, 13th Wisconsin Infantry, with drums.
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Josiah T. Hayden

Date: 12 26 1863
Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait of Josiah T. Hayden, Company F, 16th Wisconsin Infantry. Josiah was wounded at Atlanta on March 8, 1865.
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James D. Butler, Jr.

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Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait of James D. Butler, Jr., Company F, 44th Wisconsin Infantry, in his uniform.
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A. Rollins

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Description: Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of A. Rollins from River Falls, Wisconsin in Civil War era uniform. His company and regiment are unknown.
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John A. Zombro

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Description: Waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of John A. Zombro, Company D, 107th Illinois Infantry, out of uniform with his hat on his lap. When he was mustered into...
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Johnnie Potter

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Description: Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Johnnie Potter standing in uniform. He is standing next to a table, and there is a sword on his left side. The boy ...
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Nathaniel Marsh Edwards

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Description: Waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of Captain Nathaniel Marsh Edwards. Born in Haverhill, Massachusetts on July 5, 1837. 1st New York Volunteer Engineers on...
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John H. Otto

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Description: Captain John Henry Otto, (marked with X), along with another man from the 21st Wisconsin Infantry, posing on the top of Lookout Mountain, Tennessee. John H...
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Thomas Forbush

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Description: Three-quarter-length portrait of Thomas (Tom) Forbush, Company E, 61st Illinois Infantry, holding his musket. He was better known as a river pilot on the S...
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Herman and Lewis Gudmundsen

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Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Herman and Lewis Gudmundsen from Dunkirk, Wisconsin. They enlisted into Company A, 23rd Wisconsin Infantry, on August 15, ...
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National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic

Date: 1890
Description: Depiction of the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, held in Boston, Massachusetts. On the border surrounding the group portrait are ind...

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