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Old Abe and His Regiment Color Guard

Date: 07 1863
Description: Photograph of a monochrome painting of "Old Abe" the bald eagle mascot of the Eighth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and his regiment color guard. ...
Photograph

The Allatoona Pass, GA

Date: 1866
Description: Two men stand on either side of an opening in the earthworks at Allatoona Pass. Mountains are in the distance.
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Photograph

Buzzard Roost, GA

Date: 1866
Description: View across road of one man sitting on a log, and another man lying on the ground near the opposite side of the road. Debris surrounds them, and in the bac...
Photograph

Washington at Valley Forge

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Description: View of Washington at Valley Forge.
Map or Atlas

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...
Print

Battle of New Orleans

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Description: Engraving of the Battle of New Orleans by Hall after W. Momberger. The Battle took place in January 1815 at the end of the War of 1812. American Forces wer...
Photograph

Gettysburg Cemetery

Date: 07 1863
Description: Stereograph of the Evergreen Cemetery, a private cemetery in Gettysburg opened in 1855. Because of its location on Cemetery Hill, the highest point in the ...
Photograph

Confederate Prisoners

Date: 07 1863
Description: Stereograph of three Confederate soldiers captured during the Battle of Gettysburg. This photograph was taken by Mathew Brady a few days after the battle. ...
Photograph

Gettysburg Farmhouse

Date: 07 1863
Description: Stereograph of the farmhouse of Abram Bryant, a free black man who lived near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. An African American man is standing near the porch ...
Photograph

On the Right of Our Line

Date: 07 1863
Description: Gettysburg stereograph that Lucius Fairchild of the 2nd Wisconsin identified as "the right of the Union line." It shows the wooded terrain of Culp's Hill ...
Photograph

Union Breastworks on Culp's Hill

Date: 07 1863
Description: A stereograph made by Mathew Brady about two weeks after the battle of Gettysburg, showing his two assistants gazing eastward from the extreme right of the...
Photograph

On the Left of Our Line

Date: 1863
Description: Stereograph of breast works on a rocky outcropping on the site of the Battle of Gettysburg. A man can be seen standing behind the breast works. He is gazin...
Photograph

Round Top Mountain

Date: 1863
Description: Stereograph of Round Top Mountain, near the site of the Gettysburg battlefield. A man sits on a stump, shading his eyes with his hand, gazing at the mounta...
Photograph

McPherson Farm

Date: 07 15 1863
Description: Stereograph of the McPherson farm buildings near the site of the Gettysburg battlefield. Two figures appear on the right side: Mathew Brady standing and hi...
Photograph

Gettysburg Battlefield Site

Date: 1863
Description: Stereograph of a scene near the site of the Gettysburg battlefield. Two men sit in a wagon in the center of the image.
Photograph

On the Right of Our Line

Date: 1863
Description: Stereograph of Culp's Hill at the site of the Gettysburg Battlefield. A man in a light-colored coat (may be Mathew Brady) is sitting on a boulder in the ce...
Photograph

Enemy Cannon

Date: 09 29 1943
Description: Robert Doyle seated on a Japanese cannon in Buna, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). The Battle of Buna-Gona took place between November 16th, 1942...
Photograph

Wisconsin Soldiers at Saidor with Enemy Marine Caps

Date: 01 02 1944
Description: Robert Doyle's caption reads, "Wisconsin artillerymen hold Japanese caps they found a few minutes after landing at Saidor, New Guinea. Left to right are Wa...
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Michigan Soldiers and Captured Japanese Machine Gun

Date: 01 18 1944
Description: Six soldiers from Michigan pose with a captured Japanese gun. It may be a Japanese 12.7-mm (Fixed Mount) Aircraft Machine Gun. The soldiers were stationed ...
Photograph

Wisconsin Soldiers and Captured Japanese Machine Gun

Date: 01 17 1944
Description: Eight soldiers from Wisconsin pose with a captured Japanese gun. It may be a Japanese 12.7-mm (Fixed Mount) Aircraft Machine Gun. The soldiers were station...

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