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Photograph

General Atkinson's Victory over Black Hawk

Date: 1845
Description: Engraving depicting the defeat of Black Hawk by General Henry Atkinson at the Battle of Bad Axe on August 2, 1832. The engraving depicts Federal Regulars a...
Painting

Battle of Bad Axe

Date: 
Description: Painting by Cal Peters depicting the battle of Bad Axe, also known as the Bad Axe massacre, at the Mississippi River on August 2, 1832.
Poster

Madison Zouaves for the War Poster

Date: 1862
Description: Poster calling for volunteers for the Civil War, claiming "Highest Bounty And Pay!".
Painting

Confederate Civil War Soldier

Date: 1886
Description: Oil on linen study of a Confederate Civil War sharpshooter aiming his rifle, created as a preliminary study for a Civil War cyclorama. Although unsigned t...
Painting

Thirsty Union Civil War Soldiers

Date: 1886
Description: Oil on linen study of three Union Civil War soldiers drinking from and holding canteens. The painting is the work of one of the German panorama artists ac...
Print

Battle of the Brule

Date: 
Description: An illustration titled "The Battle of the Brule" based on an 1840's battle between the Ojibwe and Dakota Sioux over territory in the Ashland, Wisconsin are...
Photograph

Battle of Gettysburg Miniature

Date: 03 12 1972
Description: Display in miniature of the Battle of Gettysburg, which was on exhibit in the Wisconsin State Capitol's Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Hall.
Photograph

Mock Battle

Date: 1894
Description: View down hill of the 3rd Regiment enacting a mock battle in an open, rural area.
Poster

Martin's Regiment Record, Roster of the 31st Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers

Date: 1863
Description: Lithographed Civil War roster of the 31st Regiment, including insets of the Battle of Somerset or Millspring, Kentucky, and Pea Ridge, Arkansas.
Painting

Civil War Cannon

Date: 1886
Description: Oil painting of a Civil War cannon, created as a preliminary study for the Cyclorama of the Battle of Gettysburg, painted by a group of German painters kno...
Map or Atlas

Map of the State of Wisconsin

Date: 1850
Description: A hand-colored map showing portions of present-day Iron and Vilas counties north of the Manitowish River as part of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The Wi...
Map or Atlas

Black Hawk War Map

Date: 
Description: A map of southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois showing where the battles took place and routes taken by Black Hawk and his band during the Black Hawk Wa...
Map or Atlas

Battle of Wisconsin Heights

Date: 1940
Description: This map, oriented with north to the right, shows troop disposition and movements, including encampments, unit locations, lines of march, and lines of enem...
Print

Lieut. Greble's Avenger Letterhead

Date: 01 28 1862
Description: Letterhead depicting a scene in the Battle of Big Bethel, in which Lieutenant John T. Greble refused to pull back, as he continued to fire his last cannon....

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