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Friedrich Holdmann on Horseback

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Description: Friedrich Holdmann of the Second Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment during the Civil War, astride his horse. Buildings are in the background.
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Battle of Gettysburg Panorama #1736

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph from the Chicago Panorama of the Battle of Gettysburg Representing Pickett's Charge at 4 P.M., July 3rd, 1863: 1st Headquarters of General Geor...
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Battle of Missionary Ridge Panorama #1753

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph from the Panorama of the Battle of Missionary Ridge, Confederate General Braxton Bragg's Headquarters, painted in 1885. It was painted by Eugen...
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4th Maine Battery

Date: 04 20 1864
Description: The 4th Maine artillery battery posed in front of a large building.
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Unidentified Camp Scene

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Description: An unidentified Civil War camp scene with raised rails.
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Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Hall

Date: 01 18 1970
Description: Exterior view of the GAR (Grand Army of the Republic) Memorial Hall, 118 Monona Avenue, (Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard as of January 19, 1987). The bui...
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Fort Sumter after Bombardment

Date: 04 15 1861
Description: Fort Sumter after bombardment by the Confederates.
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Fort Sumter

Date: 1861
Description: Stereograph of exterior of Fort Sumter.
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General John H. King's Headquarters

Date: 1864
Description: General John H. King's headquarters while troops under his command occupied the site in 1864-1865. General King did not participate in the Battle of Lookou...
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View Across the Tennessee River

Date: 1864
Description: View across the Tennessee River toward the city and Cameron Hill, showing the military bridge and some Union Army installations put up following the occupa...
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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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Libby Prison

Date: 1864
Description: Exterior view of Libby Prison, a Confederate Prison. The view includes tents and three tenement (loft style) buildings. A group of men stand in the foregro...
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Libby Prison

Date: 1863
Description: A heavily retouched photographic view of Libby Prison. This view shows tents and three tenement (loft style) buildings.
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Libby Prison

Date: 1864
Description: Stereograph of the main building, a tenement (loft style) building, at Libby Prison.
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Castle Thunder Confederate Prison

Date: 1864
Description: A stereograph of the Confederate prison Castle Thunder.
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Osborne House

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Description: View across railroad tracks of men standing in front of and around Osborne House, a large building with columns and a second-story porch.
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Company Quarters

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Description: Four men stand in a country setting near the company quarters of Fort Brown, on which construction started in 1845. Caption reads: "Company Quarters, Fort ...
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Civil War Monument

Date: 1900
Description: A view of a The Soldiers' Monument, erected on November 1, 1865 by Dan Rice, a famous circus man. The memorial is said to be the first built honoring the s...
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The New Capitol, Columbia, S.C.

Date: 1866
Description: Construction on the new capitol building. A church is behind the construction.
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