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Jairus Fairchild

Date: 1862
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Jairus Cassius Fairchild (1801-1862), the first mayor of the city Madison (1856). Fairchild was also the father of Lu...
Photograph

2nd Wisconsin, Company C

Date: 1862
Description: Non-commissioned officers of Company C of the 2nd Wisconsin. From left to right they are W.S. Rouse, R. Ash, G.E. Smith, N.H. Whittemore, O.F. Crary, and J...
Photograph

Albert D. Hager, Geologist

Date: 1862
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Albert D. Hager (1817-1888), assistant state geologist for the Vermont state geological survey at the time of this photograph. ...
Photograph

Henry Clay Taylor

Date: 1862
Description: Studio portrait of 2nd Lieutenant Henry Clay Taylor (1838-1864), 21st Wisconsin Infantry, Company A, wearing a Union soldier's uniform. Henry was a bookke...
Photograph

Wisconsin Senate

Date: 1862
Description: Composite of photographs of the members of the Wisconsin Senate of 1862. At the top is a depiction of the Wisconsin State Capitol. Banner in center top rea...
Photograph

Robert Kennicott, Naturalist

Date: 1862
Description: Full-length carte-de-visite of Robert Kennicott (1835-1866), American Naturalist. After 1853 he worked for Spencer Fullerton Baird at the Smithsonian Insti...
Photograph

Carl Tjorbjornsen

Date: 1862
Description: A seated studio portrait of Carl Tjorbjornsen [as written on the photograph backing and Descriptive Rolls, Volume 20; also written as Carl Torbjorson publi...
Photograph

Albert Emmonson

Date: 1862
Description: Quarter-length oval portrait of Albert Emmerson, a sergeant in Company C, 15th Wisconsin Infantry, in uniform and holding a revolver across his chest. The ...
Photograph

Knut Iversen Vike

Date: 1862
Description: Portrait of Knut Iversen Vike, Company F, 15th Wisconsin Infantry, in his Civil War uniform. The following information is in the published Roster of Wiscon...
Photograph

Jeremiah Rusk

Date: 1862
Description: Engraved portrait of Jeremiah Rusk, governor of Wisconsin and the first U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.
Photograph

Cyrus Hall McCormick

Date: 1862
Description: Portrait of inventor and businessman Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884).
Print

McCormick Reaper Advertising Brochure

Date: 1862
Description: Cover of a British advertising brochure for "McCormick's Reaping and Mowing Machine, (of which 50,000 have now been made in the United States) with his new...
Book or Pamphlet

Single Mower Advertising Booklet

Date: 1862
Description: Cover of an advertising booklet for John H. Manny's Single Mower. It features an illustration of men using the mower, surrounded by informative text.
Print

"Battle of Shiloh, Tenn."

Date: 1862
Description: Etching depicting the Battle of Shiloh, Tenn.
Photograph

Lewis S. Burton

Date: 1862
Description: Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Captain Lewis S. Burton, Company B, 30th Wisconsin Infantry, standing in full uniform with his sword on his left si...
Photograph

Samuel W. Smith

Date: 1862
Description: Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of 1st Lieutenant Samuel W. Smith (from Mineral Point), Company E, 30th Wisconsin Infantry.
Photograph

Miller Badger Boys, Company G. Second Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry

Date: 1862
Description: Lithographed poster listing officers and men, most notably Colonel Cadwallader C. Washburn.
Photograph

Joseph Hooker

Date: 1862
Description: Waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of Major General Joseph Hooker. General Hooker received a commission of Brigadier General from President Lincoln followin...
Photograph

Wisconsin Senate

Date: 1862
Description: Composite of photographs of the Wisconsin Senate of 1862. At the top is a depiction of the Wisconsin State Capitol framed by two draped U.S. Flags. Below t...
Photograph

Three Views of the Indian Massacre

Date: 1862
Description: A composite of three views showing the siege of New Ulm on August 19 during the Indian Massacre of 1862. The lower left view depicts wagons and horses on a...

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