Date: | 1860 |
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Description: | Two hands shaking with the Constitution, Union flag, battle ax and stars in the background. Caption below reads, "Our Union Forever." Red and blue ink on b... |
Date: | 1860 |
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Description: | The Confederate flag, upside down. Caption below reads, "A flag-itious article out of place." Blue and red ink on cream envelope, image in upper left corne... |
Date: | 1860 |
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Description: | A figure has two faces. Facing left a smiling (Union) face is saying "How about Washington?" Facing right a grumpy (Confederate) face is saying "Let me alo... |
Date: | 1814 |
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Description: | Etching depicting the burning of Washington, D.C. by the British during the War of 1812. In the foreground are a number of soldiers moving toward the Capit... |
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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 1864 |
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Description: | Quarter plate ferrotype/tintype of Peter Larsen in a Civil War uniform holding a firearm. |
Date: | 1860 |
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Description: | Image of a foppish, overdressed man. May be a caricature of Benjamin Disraeli, English statesman. Caption below reads: "The Man who conceived C.S.A." Red i... |
Date: | 1860 |
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Description: | Five soldiers wearing Zouave uniforms gymnastically form a gallows, one soldier acts as a crossbeam, from which hangs a Secessionist holding the Confederat... |
Date: | 1860 |
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Description: | Jefferson Davis, wearing his nightshirt with rumpled hair, is recoiling from a large snake. The snake's tongue is touching Davis' nose. A marsh appears in ... |
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