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Governor Lewis Civil War Document

Date: 05 17 1864
Description: Document certifying that Governor James T. Lewis appointed Dr. Solomon Blood as Surgeon of the 39th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. The document be...
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Lucius Fairchild's Commission Letter

Date: 08 05 1861
Description: Lucius Fairchild's commission as captain in the 16th infantry regiment, signed by Abraham Lincoln.
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Officer's Commission of the Army of the American Eagle

Date: 04 11 1865
Description: Front of a fund-raising certificate of the U.S. Sanitary Commission appointing Emily Grouch a sergeant in the Army of the American Eagle. The Commission f...
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International Exhibition Certificate

Date: 09 27 1876
Description: Certificate presented to the State of Wisconsin for the "Bald-Headed Eagle 'Old Abe'" from the United States Centennial Commission. Presented in Philadelp...
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Vicksburg Daily Citizen

Date: 07 04 1863
Description: Vicksburg Daily Citizen of July 2, 1864. This copy bears handwritten notes about the surrender of Vicksburg and the acquisition of the paper by Lewi...

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