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| Date: | 05 1887 |
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| Description: | Members of the Wisconsin commission to locate monuments gather on the battlefield at Little Round Top. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | The replica of the Centennial Fountain in the Capitol Park, where people relax on a park bench. This view looks toward the intersection of Main and Carroll... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "First Soldier's Monuments Erected in the US — Lancaster Wis". There is a cannon and cannon balls on the lawn to the left of the monuments. |
| Date: | 11 28 1861 |
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| Description: | Civil War recruiting poster for the 5th Wisconsin Regiment written in German. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Magazine illustration of the home, titled: "Soldiers' National Asylum at Milwaukee, Wisconsin". The building is in the background, and in the foreground ar... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | "McPherson's Corps in the Afternoon's Assault." A scene from a panoramic painting of Grant's assault on Vicksburg. |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Miss Columbia is holding a wreath in her left hand and a Union flag in her right hand. A federal (bald) eagle and a cannon are behind her. A verse to her r... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | General Scott holds a large cone decorated with the stars and stripes. Scott is saying: "I'LL BLOCK YOUR GAME." He is about to snuff out Jefferson Davis, w... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Four Union soldiers chasing four Confederate soldiers. The Union soldiers have a Union flag, a cannon and rifles with bayonets. The four Confederate soldie... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | A woman wearing a red shirt and a blue blouse with seven white stars, presumably Virginia, is shooting herself with a cannon that is marked "SECESSION." Ca... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | An intricate design. A blue line frames a background of red horizontal stripes. Inside an ornate border, two figures stand on the left and right. The left ... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | A graphic design of a Confederate officer labeled "SECESSION" hanging by the neck from a beam. He is choking, his tongue is hanging out and his eyes are pr... |
| Date: | 1814 |
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| Description: | Etching depicting the burning of Washington, D.C. by the British during the War of 1812. In the foreground are a number of soldiers moving toward the Capit... |
| Date: | 01 28 1862 |
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| Description: | Letterhead depicting a scene in the Battle of Big Bethel, in which Lieutenant John T. Greble refused to pull back, as he continued to fire his last cannon.... |
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