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| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Civil War fortification Fort Harrison showing embrasures and parapets of casemates. |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Civil War portrait of Ulysses S. Grant seated wearing a military uniform. |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Elmer E. Ellsworth, the first northern hero of the Civil War and the popularizer of the Zouaves style of military drill. |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Printer's proof of Civil War roster on waste paper. |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Civil War commemorative roster of Company F, 11th Wisconsin Infantry, Harvey Zouaves of the Eleventh Regiment. |
| Date: | 08 24 1861 |
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| Description: | Civil War Era Union recruitment poster for Fox River Zouaves. |
| Date: | 04 24 1861 |
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| Description: | A Civil War agitational poster listing eight requirements of the Confederate States for peace with the Union. |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | This map was reproduced photographically and issued in Augusta, Ga., in the early days of the Civil War. It includes panels showing Virginia, Maryland, the... |
| Date: | 07 18 1861 |
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| Description: | Letterhead with a rifle, sword, horn, and Revolutionary War-era hat surrounding a scroll reading: "1776." Text below the illustration reads: "The Old Conti... |
| Date: | 11 28 1861 |
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| Description: | Civil War recruiting poster for the 5th Wisconsin Regiment written in German. |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Poster designed to recruit soldiers to the 19th Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. In addition to the text, the poster features an eagle carrying a b... |
| Date: | 10 10 1861 |
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| Description: | Letterhead of a Revolutionary War soldier standing and holding up the American flag in his right hand, and holding a rifle in his left hand. A plow is behi... |
| 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: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Carte-de-visite of Old Abe, the Wisconsin war eagle on a perch. The adolescent bird still has partially brown head feathers. The card appears to have a s... |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | "View of Springfield, MO. Frmonts [sic] Army in Possesion [sic]." Several people and a horse are in the foreground, and city buildings are in... |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | The first national flag of the Confederacy (Stars and Bars) and the slogan: "We are in the field, and the bars are up!" Red and blue ink on cream envelope,... |
| Date: | 10 31 1861 |
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| Description: | Commemorative roster of Company G of the 12th regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Hand-lettered and drawn Civil War commemorative roster of Company F, Oconto County Regiment, known as the River Sackers. The background is decorated with s... |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | An illustration of the Devil holding a pitchfork. The words: "THE DEVIL" are on his chest. Caption below reads: "THE FIRST SECESSIONIST." Black ink on beig... |
| 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... |
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