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Henry Dodge

Date: 1834
Description: Full-length illustration of Henry Dodge in frontiersman attire. He is holding a hat, a gun, and has a sword on his belt.
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Indian Taking Aim

Date: 1840
Description: Photograph of a drawing of an Indian aiming his bow and arrow, with one foot standing on an earlier kill.
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Fort Howard Drawing

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Description: View of a fort with fortified walls and a flag flying from the fort. A river runs on the right of the image. A boat with sails floats on the river. Sold...
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General Rosecranz / Battle at Corinth

Date: 10 03 1862
Description: "General Rosecranz and staff huredly [sic] erecting earthworks during the Battle at Corinth. The enemy driving in our lines." Men are on horses on a...
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Battle of Fort Donelson

Date: 02 15 1862
Description: "The 2nd and 7th Iowa and the 52nd Indiana headed by General Smith storming up the rebel works at Fort Donelson causing its surrender to General Grant the ...
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Magazine at Farmington

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Description: A magazine (storage, usually for ammunition) at Farmington near Grand Junction (Tennessee). Soldiers are working around a storage area dug into the raised ...
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Ledger Drawing

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Description: Ledger Drawing. Two men in combat, one on horseback with a spear or coup stick.
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Ledger Drawing

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Description: Ledger Drawing. Two men in combat, one on horseback.
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Ledger Drawing

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Description: Ledger Drawing. Two men in combat, one leading a horse.
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Ledger Drawing

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Description: Ledger Drawing. Two men in combat. One horse.
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Ledger Drawing

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Description: Ledger Drawing. Three men, two on horseback riding in opposite directions. Third standing, firing a gun.
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Ledger Drawing

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Description: Ledger Drawing. Two men, two horses, one ridden by one of the men.
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Ledger Drawing

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Description: Ledger Drawing. Two men, one prone, the other touching him with what may be a coup stick.
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Comanche Combat

Date: 09 1890
Description: Combat between a Comanche (left) and a Kiowa (right) done by a Comanche boy, at Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Agency, Oklahoma.
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The Siege of Petersburg

Date: 1865
Description: The siege of Petersburg, VA, April 2-9, 1965. From a sketch by James Kiness.
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1880 Iron Brigade Reunion

Date: 1880
Description: A composite drawing, including photographic portraits, depicting "Doc" Aubrey, newsboy of the Iron Brigade, delivering papers to the camp where other membe...
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The Constitution

Date: 1860
Description: Two hands shaking with the Constitution, Union flag, battle ax and stars in the background. Caption below reads, "Our Union Forever." Red and blue ink on b...
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Presentation of a Sword to General Burnside on Behalf of the State of Rhode Island, at Newbern, North Carolina

Date: 06 19 1862
Description: Illustration depicting crowd attending the presentation of a sword to General Burnside.
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A Battle as Seen by the Reserve

Date: 12 17 1862
Description: Illustration depicting a battle. In the foreground injured soldiers are gathered on and around the porch and yard of a house. In the background are columns...
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Petroglyph Tracing

Date: 06 1879
Description: Tracing of a petroglyph depicting an animal figure pursued by a human figure with a bow and arrow followed by a child.

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