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| Date: | 02 07 1876 |
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| Description: | Centennial photograph of Old Abe, perched on a stars and stripes shield. The live war eagle was carried during the Civil War, by the 8th Wisconsin Voluntee... |
| Date: | 11 01 1875 |
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| Description: | Erected in Girard, Pennsylvania, in 1875 to the memory of soldiers in the Civil War. Likeness of "Old Abe" appears on the top of the monument. On the botto... |
| Date: | 09 10 1875 |
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| Description: | View looking west across the area once occupied by Camp Randall during the Civil War and towards the Breese Stevens farm property. The Madison Centennial ... |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of exterior of a building used as the Confederate government's Executive Mansion. This was where Jefferson Davis and his family stayed during t... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Old Abe, bald eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Civil War Volunteer Infantry. He is perched on a cannon with his head turned to the left and t... |
| Date: | 1879 |
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| Description: | Old Abe, the Wisconsin War eagle, is perched outdoors with his wings stretched a little, on a stars and stripes shield near a cannon with a flag in the bac... |
| 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: | 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: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Old Abe, Wisconsin War Eagle, perched on a stars and stripe shield near a cannon at the Wisconsin State Capitol. There is a flag in the background. |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Old Abe, Wisconsin War Eagle, perched on a stars and stripes shield next to a cannon at the Wisconsin State Capitol. Old Abe has his back turned towards t... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Fragment of the Andersonville Prison Stockade among overgrowth of trees. |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Detailed topographic map of the Gettysburg battlefield created thirteen years after the battle. This map shows day one of the battle. The map shows drainag... |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Detailed topographic map of the Gettysburg battlefield created thirteen years after the battle. This map shows day two of the battle. The map shows drainag... |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Detailed topographic map of the Gettysburg battlefield created thirteen years after the battle. This map shows day three of the battle. The map shows drain... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | During the War of 1812, the only battle fought in Wisconsin was in Prairie du Chien, in 1814. Made fifty-six years later, this birds eye drawing depicts th... |
| Date: | 1879 |
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| Description: | Stereograph portrait of Old Abe, the mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Civil War Volunteer Infantry at the capital building. Rear view of Old Abe perched on a sh... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Men clear the ruins of a home after the Battle Above the Clouds. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | A stereograph of a statue of Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | A stereograph of a statue of Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson. |
| Date: | 07 10 1872 |
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| Description: | A certificate admitting Colonel George E. Bryant to become a member of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee. |
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