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Survey of the Neenah (or Fox) River: No. 7

Date: 1840
Description: This map, one of a series made by Thomas Jefferson Cram of the U.S. Topographical Engineers from personal surveys, shows the portage connecting the Wiskons...
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Sedition Map

Date: 1918
Description: Removed from the "New York Sun," March 21, 1918. Shows "where disloyalty in Wisconsin chiefly centres." Shaded areas indicate regions of suspected pro-Germ...
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Map of Horse Shoe Bend on the East Peketonica [Pecatonica]

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Description: Plan of the battle of the horse shoe bend on the East Pecatonica.
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Map shewing [sic] the Several Routes Proposed for the Passage of Gun-Boats to the Lakes

Date: 1862
Description: Lithography of C. Van Benthuysen.
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A Correct Map of the Seat of War

Date: 1814
Description: Scale: about 43 miles to 1 in. Boundaries colored.
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United States Map

Date: 1855
Description: Map reads "Our Country" which is accompanied by a sailor with a flag to the left and workers rejoicing under the Constitution and Laws to the right. Across...
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National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Near Milwaukee

Date: 1876
Description: Map of home and land, with the roads, lakes, railroad, and buildings.
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Plan of the Settlement at Prairie des Chiens from the Report of J. [sic] Lee Esq., Agent, &c. : Not Taken from Actual Survey

Date: 1820
Description: This map displays the plan for claiming various settlement zones in the Prairie des Chiens area in 1820. It shows Fort Crawford and 87 confirmed and unconf...
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Appleton's Map of the Seat of War, No. 1; Drawn by E. Wells

Date: 1861
Description: A general map of Pennsylvania, Virginia, New Jersey and Delaware. Insets include maps of New Orleans, Baltimore, St. Louis, Charleston, Savannah, Washingto...
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Map of Rebel Batteries at Island No. 10

Date: 1862
Description: This map lists and depicts the positions of "the batteries on Kentucky shore" and the "batteries on Island No. 10." The 8th Wisconsin Infantry and 15th Wis...
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Battlefields in front of Nashville where the United States forces ... defeated and routed the rebel army ... December 15th & 16th 1864; surveyed and drawn ... by M. Peseux

Date: 1864
Description: (U.S. 39th Cong. 1stt Sess. Report of Chief engineer) The legend in the upper left corner contains a brief resume of each day's action while the map sho...
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Map of the country in the vicinity of Todd’s Tavern with the position of the 2nd Army of the Potomac, May 8th, 1864

Date: 1864
Description: This map depicts the battlefield at Todd's Tavern, Va., the site of a battle on May 7-8, 1864. Depicted are roads, houses, drainage, vegetation and troop p...
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Gettysburg and Vicinity : Constructed and Engraved to Illustrate "The War with the South" : A Topographical Map of the Battles of Gettysburg, July 1st, 2nd & 3rd, 1863

Date: 1864
Description: This map of the Battle of Gettysburg indicates Union positions in red and Confederate positions in blue. Also shown are artillery positions, roads, railroa...
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Map Showing Route of Marches of the Army of Gen. W.T. Sherman from Atlanta, Ga. to Goldsboro, N.C.

Date: 1864
Description: This map shows the routes of the cavalry and of the 14th, 15th, 17th, and 20th Army Corps Atlanta, Ga., to Goldsboro, N.C., during February and March, 1865...
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The seat of war in Virginia ... positions of the rebel forces, batteries, intrenchments, and encampments in Virginia - the fort for the protection of Richmond

Date: 1865
Description: This map of Maryland and Virginia shows railroads, rivers, cities and towns, and the positions of Confederate troops and defenses in Virginia in 1861.
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A Map of the Seat of War

Date: 1861
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...
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French in Wisconsin

Date: 1942
Description: These three maps depict the locations of French missions and French forts in Wisconsin, as well as the French place names in the state.
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Proposed Location of Veterans' Hospital : Midway Between Chippewa Falls and Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Date: 1920
Description: This map produced just after Word War I shows the proposed location for a veterans' hospital in the Eau Claire-Chippewa Falls region. Highways, rail lines ...
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Appleton's General War Map of the United States

Date: 1860
Description: This colored map shows railroad lines east of the Mississippi as well as in the states bordering the Mississippi River. The Great Lakes and Gulf of Mexico ...
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Map of the Seat of War Showing the Battles of July 18th, 21st & Oct. 21st

Date: 1861
Description: This map shows Manassas during the First Battle of Bull Run, in which the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry fought, and the Leesburg area, the site of the Battle of B...

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