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Military Band at Lookout Mountain

Date: 1864
Description: Albumen stereograph of the Union Army brass band posed and playing atop Lookout Point. The Tennessee River is in the background.
Photograph

Lt. Nils J. Gilbert

Date: 1864
Description: Full-length studio portrait of Civil War soldier Nils (Niels) J. Gilbert, Company A, of the 15th Wisconsin Infantry, believed to have been taken in October...
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Lieutenant A.T. Lamson and Lieutenant E.E. Sill

Date: 1864
Description: Lieutenant A.T. Lamson of Madison and Lieutenant E.E. Sill as they appeared when they reached the Union lines after escaping from Confederate prison at Col...
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Scouts for the Army of the Potomac

Date: 1864
Description: Scouts and guides in the Army of the Potomac. The individuals in the group were attached to the secret-service department of the Army of the Potomac when i...
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Lucius Fairchild

Date: 1864
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Colonel Lucius Fairchild in Madison, probably after the loss of his arm at Gettysburg. This portrait can be dated as ...
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Frank A. Haskell

Date: 1864
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Frank A. Haskell, who was a Colonel in the 36th Regiment of Wisconsin's Volunteer Infantry.
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Peter Larsen

Date: 1864
Description: Quarter plate ferrotype/tintype of Peter Larsen in a Civil War uniform holding a firearm.
Print

Siege of Vicksburg

Date: 1864
Description: "Siege of Vicksburg." An etching published by Johnson, Fry & Company from a painting by Chappel of the Union lines during the battle.
Photograph

General John H. King's Headquarters

Date: 1864
Description: General John H. King's headquarters while troops under his command occupied the site in 1864-1865. General King did not participate in the Battle of Lookou...
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View Across the Tennessee River

Date: 1864
Description: View across the Tennessee River toward the city and Cameron Hill, showing the military bridge and some Union Army installations put up following the occupa...
Photograph

Libby Prison

Date: 1864
Description: Exterior view of Libby Prison, a Confederate Prison. The view includes tents and three tenement (loft style) buildings. A group of men stand in the foregro...
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Libby Prison

Date: 1864
Description: Stereograph of the main building, a tenement (loft style) building, at Libby Prison.
Photograph

Union Troops at Lawler Hall

Date: 1864
Description: Union troops at Lawler Hall which was used as a U.S. military hospital during the Civil War. Originally built as the Brisbois Hotel in 1857, it was given f...
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Rebel Works in Front of Atlanta, GA No. 2

Date: 1864
Description: One of the Confederate defenses around the city, with several cannons behind earthworks. A Union soldier stands near one of the cannons.
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Libby Prison - Anaglyph

Date: 1864
Description: Stereograph of the main building, a tenement (loft style) building, at Libby Prison.
Photograph

Richard Caddell

Date: 1864
Description: Carte-de-visite studio portrait of 1st Lieutenant Richard Cadell seated in a chair and wearing his military uniform. He holds a rifle in his right hand and...
Drawing

Colonel Allyn C. Litchfield

Date: 1864
Description: Engraved portrait of Col. A.C. Litchfield of the 7th Michigan Cavalry.

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