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Gettysburg Battleground

Date: 1863
Description: Stereograph of Gettysburg battlefield showing trees and a stump. Handwritten on reverse, "On the right of our line." This is probably a reference to the te...
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Wisconsin State Assembly

Date: 1863
Description: Wisconsin State Assembly members of 1863.
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Steamboat Golden Era

Date: 1863
Description: Elevated view of the steamboat Golden Era, which did service during the Civil War, docked near buildings. It was sold to Michael Purcell of New Orle...
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Union Army Officers in the Field

Date: 1863
Description: Union army officers. From left are: General U.S. Grant, General Rawlins, General Webster, Colonel Lagow, and Colonel Killyer take a break.
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Civil War Soldiers

Date: 1863
Description: The men in this tintype image were among 500 soldiers taken prisoner at Brentwood on March 25, 1863 and sent to Richmond. They were exchanged for Confedera...
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St. John Chrysostom Episcopal Church

Date: 1863
Description: Exterior of St. John Chrysostom Episcopal Church, with trees and a fence in the foreground.
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Officers of the Twenty-First Wisconsin Infantry

Date: 1863
Description: The Twenty-First Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry posing on Lookout Mountain. From right to left: Fred W. Borcherdt of Manitowoc, Wisconsin; acting Adjutant Co...
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Colonel B.J. Sweet's 21st Wisconsin Volunteers

Date: 1863
Description: "Colonel B.J. Sweet's 21st Wisconsin Volunteer Regiments." Lithograph of the 21st Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, on Parade at Camp Bragg (now Menom...
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Three Union Soldiers

Date: 1863
Description: A stereograph of three Union soldiers in camp under a framework of branches.
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7th Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery

Date: 1863
Description: Composite of photographic portraits of soldiers, and at the top left and right corners, two camp scenes, of the Seventh Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery. ...
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Madison Turners

Date: 1863
Description: Black & white lithograph by Milwaukee lithographer Louis Kurz depicting the Madison Turners or Turnverein at a shooting party on the Madison lakefront. Th...
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Lt. Col. Edward M. Bartlett

Date: 1863
Description: Standing portrait of Edward M. Bartlett, lieutenant colonel of the 30th Wisconsin, taken during the regiment's assignment at Camp Randall, 1862-1864.
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Gottshalk's First Meat Market

Date: 1863
Description: Exterior view of M. Gottshalk's first meat market.
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Sawyer House

Date: 1863
Description: View across street towards Senator Philetus Sawyer's residence. Sawyer was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1881. People are posing in horse-drawn vehicles in...
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John Gould Anthony, Zoologist

Date: 1863
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of John Gould Anthony (1804-1877), head of the Conchology department at the Museum of Comparative Zoology from 1863 until his deat...
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Hans Christian Andersen, Author

Date: 1863
Description: Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), Danish poet and author of fairy tales. Inscription at bottom of card reads, "H...
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Abraham Lincoln

Date: 1863
Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Abraham Lincoln standing.
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Benjamin Walker Castle

Date: 1863
Description: A view overlooking the grounds towards the Benjamin Walker Castle, 1862-1893 in the 900 block of East Gorham Street, and its surrounding property. A man is...
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Waterfront on the Grounds of Benjamin Walker Castle

Date: 1863
Description: View of the shoreline on the Walker Castle grounds. Two men are boating while a young boy fishes from the shore.
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Young Jeremiah Curtin

Date: 1863
Description: Seated portrait of Jeremiah Curtin wearing gloves.

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