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| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype of Captain Joseph Dickson, waist-up, facing front and slightly towards the right. Dickson fought in the Black Hawk War in 1832. |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of a Civil War Soldier. Three-quarter length portrait, perhaps Captain Edward Devlin, of Mineral Point, holding a sword. He s... |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Ferrotype/tintype of George G. Burr in a Civil War uniform and cap. Waist-up portrait, seated sideways in a chair, with his arm on the back of his chair. H... |
| Date: | 03 28 1862 |
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| Description: | Letterhead with a bald eagle carrying the American flag with its talons. The text above the eagle reads: "Union & Liberty." 4 page, folded, printed in red ... |
| Date: | 11 18 1861 |
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| Description: | Letterhead with the 35 star American flag. Printed text below the flag reads: "These Colors never run." 4 page, folded, illustration printed in upper left... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Libby Prison at the Columbian Exposition. Several carts, horses in front of the building. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | "Terrific Engagement between the 'Monitor' and 'Merrimac.'" Battle scene of the Civil War battle produced by the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. Smal... |
| Date: | 1814 |
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| Description: | Fort Shelby, built by the Americans during the War of 1812. In 1814 the fort surrendered to British forces led by Captain Andrew W. Bulger who renamed it F... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Jefferson Davis, dressed as a woman, floating in a washtub labeled: "Lady Davis" which is flying the Confederate flag. He is holding a bottle in his left h... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Oil on linen study of a Civil War soldier aiming a rifle, as seen from the rear. The study was created as part of the work of a group of German panorama a... |
| Date: | 08 07 1863 |
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| Description: | Carte-de-visite of William H. McIntosh, Company F, 22nd Wisconsin Infantry, at the age of 26. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Site of the Battle of Antietam. The bloody lane. |
| Date: | 1863 |
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| Description: | "South End and Sink" woodcut of Andersonville Prison from the "Report of the Andersonville Monument Commission." About 1863-1865. |
| Date: | 06 18 1869 |
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| Description: | Seated carte-de-visite portrait of William Kidd, Company D, 42nd Wisconsin Infantry, in his uniform. |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter length carte-de-visite portrait of Captain William A. Hawley standing near a column. |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | Engraved carte-de-visite portrait of General Ulysses S. Grant and his family. |
| Date: | 06 1865 |
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| Description: | Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Confederate Lieutenant Colonel John Harrell of Harrell's Battalion in the Arkansas Cavalry. |
| Date: | 02 17 1898 |
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| Description: | An editorial article in the "New York Journal" written by William Randolph Hearst in the wake of the sinking of the "Maine." |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Lithographed advertising poster showing a McCormick grain binder at the Civil War battle of Gettysburg. The poster was based on a cyclorama by French artis... |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | Quarter plate ferrotype/tintype of Peter Larsen in a Civil War uniform holding a firearm. |
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