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| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | Destruction of Columbia after General Sherman's men burned the town near the end of the Civil War. Plate 53 |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Francis Jefferson Coates of the 7th Wisconsin who earned the Medal of Honor for bravery at the Battle of Gettysburg. Sergeant Coates was so severely wounde... |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | Lieutenant A.T. Lamson of Madison and Lieutenant E.E. Sill as they appeared when they reached the Union lines after escaping from Confederate prison at Col... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Waist-up portrait of Lucius Fairchild during his tenure as Secretary of State of Wisconsin. Fairchild's arm was amputated after he was injured at the Battl... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Two well-dressed women in aprons and two smartly dressed men pose in front of the open entrance of J. Buntman's fruit and confectionery store at 1005 North... |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | Oval-framed view of Lawler Hall at Campion College. This image was made during the Civil War when the building was used as a U.S. Military hospital. Prior ... |
| Date: | 12 1896 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Caryl Fairchild (later Caryl Fairchild Bacon), youngest daughter of former governor and Civil War hero Lucius Fairchild. This photograph is da... |
| Date: | 1862 |
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| Description: | Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Captain Lewis S. Burton, Company B, 30th Wisconsin Infantry, standing in full uniform with his sword on his left si... |
| Date: | 1863 |
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| Description: | Seated portrait of General Rufus King of the Iron Brigade. |
| Date: | 1862 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of 2nd Lieutenant Henry Clay Taylor (1838-1864), 21st Wisconsin Infantry, Company A, wearing a Union soldier's uniform. Henry was a bookke... |
| Date: | 09 16 1896 |
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| Description: | Outdoor group portrait of a reunion of the Iron Brigade, veterans of the Civil War, and their families at Devil's Lake, Wisconsin. The couple seated in... |
| Date: | 05 1865 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of Sherman and his generals taken shortly after the Civil War in Mathew Brady's studio. From left to right: Maj. Gen. O.O. Howard, Maj. Gen.... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | View of a horse-drawn float decorated with banners and flags and rows of pharmaceuticals on shelves. Two costumed children are posing in the back. A large ... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Jacob Witting, Jr., was born January 15, 1837 in Renhoff, Prussia. He was a soldier in the Iron Brigade during the Civil War. Jacob is posing standing with... |
| Date: | 06 01 1864 |
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| Description: | Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Major Robert C. Crowell, F & S, 26th Missouri Infantry. When Crowell was mustered into the regiment he held the posit... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of 1st Lieutenant Charles H. Meyerhoff, Company E, 14th Indiana Infantry, wearing eyeglasses and a badge for the Gr... |
| Date: | 07 1865 |
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| Description: | Waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of Manning F. Force, Major General of volunteers, sometime after the Siege of Vicksburg where he was shot below his right... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Four girls are each standing behind a child sitting in a stroller while posing around Lewis Fountain in Veteran's Park. Houses and the Civil War Veteran's ... |
| Date: | 1863 |
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| Description: | Quarter plate ferrotype/tintype of Lieutenant Albert Lamson, taken at Falmouth, Virginia. Lamson is posed, in military uniform, seated and holding a sword ... |
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