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Reward for Runaway Slaves

Date: 04 19 1849
Description: Poster offering $600 reward for the return of three runaway slaves in Calvert County, Maryland. The three slaves are Henry Morsell, Jim Parker, and Bill Hu...
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Runaway Slave Reward Poster

Date: 05 10 1855
Description: A poster advertising a $100 reward to be issued by Marcus Du Val for his runaway "servant" Matthew Turner. The poster includes a physical description of th...
Photograph

Antietam, Dunker Church

Date: 1890
Description: Site of the Battle to Antietam, The Dunker Church. A group of men stand among trees on the left. Horse-drawn carriages are under trees on the right.
Photograph

Hagerstown Pike

Date: 1890
Description: Hagerstown Pike. A brick wall and trees are along the road on the right.
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General McClellan's Headquarters Guard

Date: 09 1862
Description: General McClellan's Headquarters Guard, the 93rd New York Volunteers.
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The Battle of Antietam

Date: 08 1862
Description: Color lithograph of Union lines in the midst of battle.
Photograph

Aftermath of the Battle of Antietam

Date: 1890
Description: Site of the Battle of Antietam. The bloody lane.
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Burnside Bridge

Date: 1890
Description: Site of the Battle of Antietam, the Burnside Bridge.
Photograph

The East Wood

Date: 1890
Description: Site of the Battle of Antietam. The East Wood.
Photograph

Open-Air Lexington Market

Date: 1895
Description: An outdoor open-air Lexington market in Baltimore, MD. Fruit and produce stalls can be seen on on either side of the picture and in the background a large ...
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Cain of Baltimore

Date: 1860
Description: "Cain" standing in foreground of battlefield attracting the smoke of secession, as the Union smoke goes into the air. "Cain" refers to the Marshall of Poli...
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The Way to Go Through Baltimore. Armed and Provisioned For a Siege.

Date: 1860
Description: A man outfitted with shin guards over his boots and a basket on his head is carrying the basket lid as a shield in his left hand and a rifle in his right h...
Manuscript

W.D. Bartlett Letter

Date: 06 28 1863
Description: A letter written by W.D. Bartlett to his cousin describing life as a Civil War soldier.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

"The Baltimore Patriot" Printing of "The Star Spangled Banner"

Date: 09 20 1814
Description: First newspaper printing of "The Star Spangled Banner". Printed six days after the Battle of Fort McHenry, where Frances Scott Key wrote the poem that woul...
Magazine or Periodical

Going Straight Through the Mountain

Date: 08 1892
Description: Engraving, probably after a photograph, showing Frank Lenz posing with his safety bicycle near the stone arch entrance of a canal tunnel cut through a moun...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

"Baltimore Patriot" Front Page

Date: 09 20 1814
Description: Page one of "Baltimore Patriot and Evening Advertiser."
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The Spring of '76 Revived Letterhead

Date: 10 10 1861
Description: Letterhead of a Revolutionary War soldier standing and holding up the American flag in his right hand, and holding a rifle in his left hand. A plow is behi...

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