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Libby Prison

Date: 1864
Description: Stereograph of the main building, a tenement (loft style) building, at Libby Prison.
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Union Troops at Lawler Hall

Date: 1864
Description: Union troops at Lawler Hall which was used as a U.S. military hospital during the Civil War. Originally built as the Brisbois Hotel in 1857, it was given f...
Photograph

William Kidd

Date: 06 18 1869
Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait of William Kidd, Company D, 42nd Wisconsin Infantry, in his uniform.
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Robert H. Spencer

Date: 1865
Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Robert H. Spencer, F & S, 47th Wisconsin Infantry, holding his sword in his left hand and his hat in ...
Photograph

Robert C. Crowell

Date: 06 01 1864
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Major Robert C. Crowell, F & S, 26th Missouri Infantry. When Crowell was mustered into the regiment he held the posit...
Poster

Kickapoo Rangers of the Twelfth Regiment

Date: 1861
Description: Hand-drawn poster by S.W. Martin of the Civil War officers and men of the Kickapoo Rangers of the 12th Regiment, Company K. Above and to the left of the li...
Photograph

Charles H. Meyerhoff

Date: 1886
Description: Quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of 1st Lieutenant Charles H. Meyerhoff, Company E, 14th Indiana Infantry, wearing eyeglasses and a badge for the Gr...
Photograph

William A. Hawley

Date: 1861
Description: Three-quarter length carte-de-visite portrait of Captain William A. Hawley standing near a column.
Photograph

George A. Custer

Date: 1865
Description: Waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of General George A. Custer.
Photograph

Manning F. Force

Date: 07 1865
Description: Waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of Manning F. Force, Major General of volunteers, sometime after the Siege of Vicksburg where he was shot below his right...
Print

Ulysses S. Grant and Family

Date: 1866
Description: Engraved carte-de-visite portrait of General Ulysses S. Grant and his family.
Photograph

Ulysses S. Grant

Date: 1869
Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant.
Photograph

Joseph Hooker

Date: 1862
Description: Waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of Major General Joseph Hooker. General Hooker received a commission of Brigadier General from President Lincoln followin...
Photograph

Robert E. Lee

Date: 1895
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of General Robert E. Lee.
Print

Robert E. Lee

Date: 02 26 1864
Description: Engraved waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of General Robert E. Lee.
Photograph

George H. Preble

Date: 1869
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Captain George Henry Preble. Starting in 1861 Preble commanded the gunboat Katahdin, serving with Rear Admiral...
Photograph

John McArthur

Date: 1865
Description: Vignetted portrait of Brigadier General John McArthur. At the start of the Civil War he was a colonel of an Illinois volunteer regiment, but after the Batt...
Photograph

Officials and Employees of the Wisconsin State Administration

Date: 1888
Description: Group portrait of officials and employees of the Wisconsin state administration, who made up Governor Jeremiah M. Rusk's "one-armed and one-legged" staff o...
Photograph

Johnny Catlin, Drummer Boy

Date: 1894
Description: Portrait of Johnny Catlin at age 12 when he was a drummer boy for the 28th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry.
Print

Does That Union Shoe Fit You?

Date: 1860
Description: A cartoon of General Scott helping Jefferson Davis try on a shoe. Scott says: "Well, does that Union Shoe fit you?" And Davis replies: "Mr. Scott, this Uni...

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