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Jefferson Coates

Date: 1870
Description: Francis Jefferson Coates of the 7th Wisconsin who earned the Medal of Honor for bravery at the Battle of Gettysburg. Sergeant Coates was so severely wounde...
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Tosten Mossefin

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Description: Seated oval studio portrait of Tosten Mossefin, a private in Company H, 15th Wisconsin Infantry. The following information was obtained from the Regimental...
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Loading an Ambulance

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Description: Medical personnel load a wounded Prussian into an ambulance. Captioned: "A wounded Prussian being loaded in my car for evacuation. He was shot just under h...
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Lucius Fairchild

Date: 1870
Description: Waist-up portrait of Lucius Fairchild during his tenure as Secretary of State of Wisconsin. Fairchild's arm was amputated after he was injured at the Battl...
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Knut Larson Gjermo

Date: 1862
Description: Portrait of Knut Larson Gjermo, Company H, 15th Wisconsin Infantry, in his Civil War uniform. The following information is in the published Roster of Wisco...
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Ole A. Lee

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Description: A seated studio portrait of Ole A. Lee, a private in Company D, 15th Wisconsin Infantry, in uniform, holding a musket across his chest. The following info...
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Kaptein John Ingmundson

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Description: A three-quarter length studio portrait of John Ingmundson, a captain in Company E, 15th Wisconsin Infantry, in uniform with sword at his side. The followi...
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Death of Colonel Ellsworth

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Description: An artist's representation of the death of Colonel Elmer Ellsworth at the Marshall House, the first casualty of the Civil War. Lieutenant Francis Brownell ...
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Lieutenant Alonzo Hereford Cushing

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Lieutenant Alonzo Cushing of Battery A, 4th Artillery, U.S.A.
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John Johnson (Thoe)

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Description: Waist-up oval studio portrait of John Johnson, a private in Company K, 15th Wisconsin Infantry, in uniform holding his musket across his chest. The followi...
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Stern of USS West Virginia

Date: 12 07 1941
Description: Sailors clear the stern of the battleship USS West Virginia in berth F-6 at Pearl Harbor, most likely after it was hit by at least a few of the 7 to...
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Armistice Day Celebration

Date: 11 11 1918
Description: Armistice Day celebration (mock funeral of Kaiser Wilhelm II). Soldier identified is William Carlson, who was disabled by the chemical agent mustard gas an...
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Samuel C. Johnson

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Description: Waist-up seated portrait of Samuel C. Johnson, a corporal in C Company, 15th Wisconsin Infantry, in uniform with corporal chevrons on the sleeves. The foll...
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Henry Clay Taylor

Date: 1862
Description: Studio portrait of 2nd Lieutenant Henry Clay Taylor (1838-1864), 21st Wisconsin Infantry, Company A, wearing a Union soldier's uniform. Henry was a bookke...
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Erik Nelson Basness

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Description: Head and shoulders oval studio portrait of Erik N. Basness [as written on published Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers: War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865 [Vol. 1...
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Knut Iversen Vike

Date: 1862
Description: Portrait of Knut Iversen Vike, Company F, 15th Wisconsin Infantry, in his Civil War uniform. The following information is in the published Roster of Wiscon...
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Delegation of War Widow

Date: 1916
Description: Delegation of war-widow, war-orphans, and maimed war-heroes at the White House, Washington, D.C., appealing to President Wilson for an "embargo on all war ...
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After the Amputation

Date: 05 19 1945
Description: Colonel Robert S. Allen, photographed in Germany only a few days after being wounded and captured by the Germans. It was a German surgeon who amputated his...
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One-Handed Typewriter

Date: 1946
Description: Colonel Robert S. Allen, a well-known journalist before World War II, lost his arm while on active duty in Europe. He is seated here with Dr Anton Dvorak, ...
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Ole Black

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Description: Waist-up seated oval studio portrait of Ole Back, a sergeant in Company A, 15th Wisconsin Infantry, in uniform. The following information was obtained from...

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