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Battle of Gettysburg Panorama #1723

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph from the Chicago Panorama of the Battle of Gettysburg Representing Pickett's Charge at 4 P.M., July 3rd, 1863: General Gibbon's Brigade Repelli...
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Battle of Gettysburg Panorama #1726

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph from the Chicago Panorama of the Battle of Gettysburg Representing Pickett's Charge at 4 P.M., July 3rd, 1863: Death of Confederate General Arm...
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Battle of Gettysburg Panorama #1735

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph from the Chicago Panorama of the Battle of Gettysburg Representing Pickett's Charge at 4 P.M., July 3rd, 1863: Field Hospital on the Right of C...
Painting

Union Civil War Soldier

Date: 1886
Description: Oil on linen study of a Union Civil War soldier holding a bridle that was created by one of the German panorama painters active in Milwaukee during the 188...
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Wounded Union Civil War Soldier

Date: 1886
Description: Oil on linen study of a Union Civil War soldier examining his wound. The study was created as part of the work of the German panorama painters active in M...
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Confederate Civil War Soldier

Date: 1886
Description: Oil on linen study of a Confederate Civil War sharpshooter aiming his rifle, created as a preliminary study for a Civil War cyclorama. Although unsigned t...
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Thirsty Union Civil War Soldiers

Date: 1886
Description: Oil on linen study of three Union Civil War soldiers drinking from and holding canteens. The painting is the work of one of the German panorama artists ac...
Painting

Wounded Civil War Soldier

Date: 1886
Description: Oil on linen study of a dead or wounded Civil War soldier created as a preliminary study by one of the Milwaukee panorama painters active during the 1889s....
Painting

Civil War Soldier with Wheel

Date: 1886
Description: Oil on linen study of a Confederate holding a wagon wheel, created as part of a painting by the Milwaukee panorama painters active during the 1889s. Altho...
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Charles C. Stone

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Description: Full-length carte-de-visite portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Charles C. Stone of Decatur, Wisconsin, a member of the 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 1...
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Unidentified Civil War Soldier

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Description: Full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified Civil War soldier standing and holding a rifle.
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Sargeant Major Meekins

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Description: Full-length portrait of Sargeant Major Meekins. Co. "K" 36th U.S. Colored Troops.
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Battle of Chattanooga, Storming of Missionary Ridge

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Description: The Battle of Chattanooga from the Milwaukee-based American Panoramic Company's cyclorama "The Storming of Missionary Ridge."
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Robert K. Beecham

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Description: Robert K. Beecham studio portrait in front of a painted background, at age 26. In the book "As If It Were Glory," Robert Beecham recounts his Civil War exp...
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General Cutler

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Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of General Cutler in front of a painted backdrop.
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Civil War Soldier

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Description: A tinted tintype of a Civil War soldier posing with an officer's sword in front of an elaborately painted studio backdrop depicting a tent, an American fla...
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8th Iowa Regiment at the Battle of Shiloh #2

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Description: A stereograph view of a cyclorama of the Battle of Shiloh. Caption on stereograph reads: "8th Iowa repulsing charge of Braxton Bragg's com'd." Text at righ...
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General Prentis and the 6th Division at the Battle of Shiloh #4

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Description: A stereograph view of a cyclorama of the Battle of Shiloh. Caption on stereograph reads: "Gen. B.M. Prentis and 6th Division in the 'Hornets Nest.'" Text a...
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General Prentis' and Hurlbuts' Troops at the Battle of Shiloh #5

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Description: A stereograph view of a cyclorama of the Battle of Shiloh. Caption on stereograph reads, "Gen's Prentis and Hurlbuts troops in the 'Hornets Nest.'" Text at...
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1st Minnesota, L.A. and Welkers Battalion at Hornets' Nest #6

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Description: A stereograph view of a cyclorama of the Battle of Shiloh. Caption on stereograph reads, "1st Minn. L.A. and Welkers Bat. in the 'Hornets Nest.'" Text at r...

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