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| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Christmas and New Years greeting card from Hosea W. Rood, presumably sent to his comrades of the 12th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, Company E, who had been... |
| Date: | 04 23 1861 |
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| Description: | Recruiting poster for the "Patriots of St. Croix" to "take up arms". |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Portrait engraving of James Monroe from a painting by Alonzo Chappel. |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Advertisement for the Edge T. Cope & Son reaper, with views of the side and rear delivery. |
| Date: | 10 14 1861 |
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| Description: | Engraving of Old Abe, mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Civil War Voluntary Infantry, displayed for a crowd. The eagle bearer holds Old Abe's staff perch while t... |
| Date: | 04 13 1861 |
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| Description: | Etching from a photograph of Mrs. General Gaines. |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | The first national flag of the Confederacy (Stars and Bars) and the slogan: "We are in the field, and the bars are up!" Red and blue ink on cream envelope,... |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Chicago and Northwestern Railway pass belonging to Reverend Jackson Kemper. |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | 1861 Racine and Mississippi Railroad Pass belonging to Jackson Kemper. |
| Date: | 07 1861 |
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| Description: | Etching of a battle scene during the retreat from Manassas. Originally published by Virtue & Company Publishers of New York. |
| Date: | 07 21 1861 |
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| Description: | Depiction of the battlefield. Engraved by J.C. McRae and drawn by W. Momberger. |
| Date: | 04 21 1861 |
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| Description: | "Warning to Traitors." A threatening handbill warning against treasonable and dangerous utterances, signed by the "Vigilance Committee." |
| Date: | 11 26 1861 |
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| Description: | Front of printed handbill concerning an offer of amnesty to local rebels. Annotations by Colonel C.R. Jennison appear on back. |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Lithograph illustration of downtown Chicago near the Rush Street bridge (a "swing bridge"). The McCormick Reaper Works and other factory buildings are on t... |
| Date: | 08 24 1861 |
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| Description: | Civil War Era Union recruitment poster for Fox River Zouaves. |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | A large dog, (Winfield Scott), and a smaller dog (Jefferson Davis) discussing a piece of meat, (Washington D.C.). Perhaps a comment on the insignificance o... |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | An illustration of the Devil holding a pitchfork. The words: "THE DEVIL" are on his chest. Caption below reads: "THE FIRST SECESSIONIST." Black ink on beig... |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Uncle Sam holds a bottle labeled "DAVIS," with a figure of a man on it, as he stands with a snake labeled "SECESSION" under his left foot. The caption b... |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | A Quaker bonnet made from the Union flag. It is unlikely that any practicing Quaker would have anything to do with a "Union bonnet" because of their belief... |
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