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| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Civil War commemorative roster of Company F, 11th Wisconsin Infantry, Harvey Zouaves of the Eleventh Regiment. |
| Date: | 01 02 1864 |
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| Description: | George W. Noble's discharge letter from the Union Army during the Civil War. |
| 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. |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Letterhead illustration of Colonel Elmer Ellsworth, the first casualty of the Civil War, under the caption "Remember Ellsworth!" Colonel Ellsworth was kill... |
| 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: | 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. |
| Date: | 03 25 1862 |
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| Description: | Brief letter from President Abraham Lincoln to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton asking to see the files for Carl Schurz of Wisconsin and Milo Smith Haskell (... |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | A Civil War roster commemorating the soldiers of Company B in the 49th Reg. Wisconsin Infantry. There is an eagle at center top with a banner that reads: "... |
| 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: | 08 1861 |
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| Description: | Large-format, illustrated stationery purchased by Rudolph Fine, a member of the 6th Wisconsin Infantry in August, 1861, showing the Capitol (in actuality, ... |
| Date: | 01 30 1865 |
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| Description: | John E. Davie's commission as 2nd lieutenant in the 21st Wisconsin Infantry, Company K. |
| Date: | 08 20 1824 |
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| Description: | The front page of a letter writen by President Thomas Jefferson to Henry Dearborn. |
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