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Old Abe and the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry

Date: 07 1863
Description: "Old Abe" and "Color Guard" of the Eighth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, posed in uniform, outside with Old Abe on a shield perch. Likely Edward H...
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Cavalry Skirmish

Date: 11 12 1862
Description: Watercolor of a skirmish between the 7th Kansas Cavalry, Company A of the 12th Wisconsin Infantry, & Jackson's Rebel Cavalry near Lamar, Mississippi.
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McPherson's Corps in the Afternoon's Assault

Date: 1880
Description: "McPherson's Corps in the Afternoon's Assault." A scene from a panoramic painting of Grant's assault on Vicksburg.
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Glass Bayou — Logan's Division Coming Into Action

Date: 1880
Description: A scene from a panoramic painting of Grant's assault on Vicksburg.
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Fort McPherson

Date: 1865
Description: View from a distance of Fort McPherson, built under the direction of Samuel Glyde Swain.
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Headquarters of S.G. Swain

Date: 1865
Description: Three men standing at entrance of residence used as headquarters when S.G. Swain, (on left), was in charge of fortifications at Fort McPherson. All three m...
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Headquarters of S.G. Swain

Date: 1865
Description: View from distance of residence used as headquarters when S.G. Swain was in charge of fortifications at Fort McPherson.
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Robert C. Crowell

Date: 06 01 1864
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Major Robert C. Crowell, F & S, 26th Missouri Infantry. When Crowell was mustered into the regiment he held the posit...
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Elevated View of Vicksburg

Date: 1862
Description: Elevated view of Vicksburg, with the Mississippi River in the background.
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Jefferson Davis on Porch of his Residence

Date: 1883
Description: Jefferson Davis sitting in a chair on the porch of his residence.
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Old Abe and His Regiment Color Guard

Date: 07 1863
Description: Photograph of a monochrome painting of "Old Abe" the bald eagle mascot of the Eighth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and his regiment color guard. ...

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