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| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter length carte-de-visite portrait of Colonel Cassius Fairchild, F & S, 16th Wisconsin Infantry, wearing his full uniform. |
| Date: | 03 10 1863 |
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| Description: | Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Edwin L. Buttrick, 24th Wisconsin Infantry, standing in full uniform with sword on left side. |
| Date: | 1862 |
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| Description: | Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of 1st Lieutenant Samuel W. Smith (from Mineral Point), Company E, 30th Wisconsin Infantry. |
| Date: | 1863 |
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| Description: | Woodcut of Andersonville Prison from the "Report of the Andersonville Monument Commission." About 1863-1865. |
| 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: | 1864 |
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| Description: | An albumen stereograph of a monument to the Confederate dead, in the shape of a stone pyramid with steeply pitched sides. |
| Date: | 1863 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of three U.S. Army soldiers in front of tents in camp under a framework of branches. |
| 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: | 1862 |
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| Description: | This map of the southeastern United States shows cities and towns, rail lines, and geographic features such as rivers, mountains, lakes, and swamps. |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Shaded drawings with size dimensions for plans of "Tents used in Civil War. U.S. Army Regulation Tents." Upper left, "18. ft diam, Gilbert Anderson Hub... |
| Date: | 07 20 1862 |
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| Description: | Letterhead with a Winged Victory, wearing a robe printed with stars, and holding a banner on a staff, which reads: "Liberty, The Union Now Henceforth & For... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Portrait of John Peter Altgeld, a Union veteran of the Civil War, judge, lawyer, and politician. Altgeld was a Progressive Democrat and the 20th Governor o... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Color lithographed color advertising poster showing a McCormick grain binder at the Civil War battle of Gettysburg. The poster was based on a cyclorama by ... |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | A composite of Civil War Confederate Commanders, this is one of the first known examples of a composite photograph and of the use of photography in adverti... |
| 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: | Union troops at Lawler Hall which was used as a U.S. military hospital during the Civil War. Originally built as the Brisbois Hotel in 1857, it was given f... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Jefferson Davis hanging by a noose in a tree with a serpent wrapped around it. The "SOUTHERN EAGLE" is flying in the background. Captions below read: "JEFF... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | A rooster with a Union flag, representing the Union army, is facing a chicken (with what appears to be ostrich legs) with a piracy flag, which is supposed ... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | A howling dog tied to a post, with an empty food dish in front of him. Water is in the background with a sailing ship, probably from the blockade. Text abo... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Federal (bald) eagle attacking a rattlesnake. The eagle has a Union flag in its left talons and a snake in its right, while biting the snake with its beak.... |
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