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Description: | A list of prisoners of war. Governor Hamilton is at the top of the list. |
Date: | 1861 |
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Description: | Civil War commemorative roster of Company F, 11th Wisconsin Infantry, Harvey Zouaves of the Eleventh Regiment. |
Date: | 04 1862 |
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Description: | Stationery depicting the fortifications around Washington, D.C., during the second year of the Civil War: Arlington Heights, directly across the Potomac Ri... |
Date: | 07 02 1813 |
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Description: | A handbill circulated by Governor Meigs and General McArthur of Ohio in an effort to recruit men into the local militia. Men were needed to serve against t... |
Date: | 07 29 1812 |
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Description: | A handwritten order to evacuate Ft. Dearborn. |
Date: | 05 1863 |
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Description: | Two pages, dated May 23-24, 1863, of a diary kept by H.H. (Henry Hamilton) Bennett during the Civil War. |
Date: | 06 28 1863 |
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Description: | A letter written by W.D. Bartlett to his cousin describing life as a Civil War soldier. |
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Description: | Letterhead of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Victory Convention, with an illustration by R. Hesselgrave of a train full of passengers waving flags, hea... |
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Description: | "A register of persons who have been either killed, wounded, or taken prisoners by the enemy in Augusta County, as also of such as have made their escape." |
Date: | 1863 |
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Description: | A Gettysburg battle casualty tabulation in Rufus Dawes' diary noting how many people were killed, wounded, and missing. |
Date: | 04 1862 |
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Description: | Hand-tinted stationery showing the Capitol in Washington, D.C. in 1862. The blue tint on the dome may have been intended to represent the unfinished natur... |
Date: | 08 31 1779 |
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Description: | A handwritten "list of different inhabitants that consented to furnish the troops belonging to the state of Virginia." |
Date: | 1864 |
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Description: | Petition to President Abraham Lincoln for the establishment of soldiers homes and hospitals in Wisconsin. The petition is signed by 18 women. |
Date: | 07 02 1863 |
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Description: | Parole document issued to Colonel Lucius Fairchild of the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry, captured at the Battle of Gettysburg after being wounded on the first day... |
Date: | 01 08 1863 |
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Description: | Letter from John L. Mitchell to his mother describing combat and conditions at Camp Bradley near Murfreesboro, Tennessee. |
Date: | 08 29 1862 |
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Description: | A letter written by President Abraham Lincoln to Major General McClellan, written at the time of the Second Battle of Bull Run at Manassas, VA. |
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Description: | Letterhead of the Four Lakes Aquatennial, sponsored by the Four Lakes Club and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, with a background illustration of the chain of... |
Date: | 11 23 1944 |
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Description: | Front cover and menu page of the Thanksgiving Day menu of the 339th Infantry, which served in Italy during World War II. On the front cover is an illustrat... |
Date: | 10 24 1862 |
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Description: | First page of a list of sick and wounded Wisconsin soldiers from the First Wisconsin Cavalry found at the Fifth St. Hospital in St. Louis by Cordelia Harve... |
Date: | 01 01 1919 |
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Description: | Front and back sides of a one-page menu in the "Officers Mess" with an illustration of two soldiers in profile marching along a road towards a castle on th... |
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