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General Grant.

A Captain Observes Ulysses S. Grant's confidence and calm in Battle
- April 28, 1863

Recruiting poster.

Two Swimmers Thwart Rebel Sharpshooters
- June 15, 1864

Musicians.

Confederate Guerillas Butcher Wisconsin Soldiers in Kansas
- September 6, 1863

Civil War rifles.

Brothers Face Off at the Battle of Shiloh
- May 1, 1862

General Gibbon.

Noble Soldiers Display Bravery at the Second Battle of Bull Run
- August 27, 1862

Battle of Williamsburg.

Three Wisconsin Officers Narrowly Escape Death
- May 5, 1862

Battle of Cedar Mountain.

Wisconsin Officer Foresees His Own Death
- August 9, 1862

Belle Boyd.

Confederate Women Fire on Retreating Wisconsin Troops
- May 25, 1862

Fighting at Shiloh.

Advancing Troops Sobered by Carnage at the Battle of Shiloh
- April 7, 1862

Shiloh.

War's Excitement, then Gruesome Reality Hits Home
- April 7, 1862

Colonel Edgar O'Connor.

Lieutenant Colonel Lucius Fairchild Announces the Death of a Friend
- September 2, 1862

Fairchild, O'Connor, and Allen eating lunch in camp.

A New Recruit Discovers His Courage
- August 28, 1862

J. W. Jefferson.

A Surprise Attack on the 8th Wisconsin Infantry
- October 21, 1861

Antietam.

Best Friends Are Killed at the Same Moment
- September 17, 1863

John Burns.

An Old Man Yearns to Fight at Gettysburg
- July 1, 1863

Civil War soldier.

Irish Private Snuffs Out Artillery Shell
- July 1863

Cornelius Wheeler.

Wisconsin Soldier's Quick Action Saves Officer's Life
- July 1, 1863

Native American Civil War Recruits.

Ojibwe Warriors Join the Battle of Spotsylvania
- May 1864

Bloody Angle.

Death and Destruction at Spotsylvania's Bloody Angle
- May 12, 1864

Gettysburg.

Reflections on Unburied Soldiers Left at Gettysburg
- July 2, 1863

Railroad cut.

Wisconsin Troops Capture a Rebel Regiment at Gettysburg
- July 1, 1863

Captain Bachelle.

Dog and Master at Antietam
- September 17, 1862

John Gibbon

Rebel Sharpshooters Pick Off Wisconsin Soldiers
- August 1862

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