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Amasa Cobb in Uniform

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Description: Portrait of Amasa Cobb seated, wearing his military unform.
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First Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry Roster

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Description: Commemorative Civil War roster of First Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry, Wisconsin Hussars Squadron "G." Depicts "Our Country as it was in 1860" with ...
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That Feed Won't Do

Date: 1860
Description: Soldier-farmer, "Jeffy" (Jefferson) Davis, in full uniform with a straw hat is giving feed (bonds) to a sow (the Confederacy). The sow is in turn feeding i...
Photograph

William P. Lyon

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Description: Waist-up portrait of William Penn Lyon, a Wisconsin attorney, state legislator, and State Supreme Court justice (1871-1894). During the Civil War William P...
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James S. Alban

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Description: Oval-framed portrait of James Shane Alban, a lawyer, District Attorney of Portage County, Wisconsin (1847-1848), and member of the Wisconsin Senate from th...
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Brigadier General Barton Stone Alexander

Date: 1866
Description: Full-length portrait of Barton Stone Alexander, an architect, engineer, and United States Army officer. He held the rank of Lieutenant colonel in the Union...

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