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Painting

Battle of Chickamauga, 1863

Date: 1925
Description: "Battle of Chickamauga," an oil painting depicting a dramatic moment in the Battle of Chickamauga, painted by Alfred Thorsen after the lithograph. "Charge ...
Print

Indians Fighting at Fort Mackenzie

Date: 08 28 1833
Description: Indians fighting at Fort Mackenzie (Montana).
Print

Combat at Fort McKenzie

Date: 1832
Description: Indians in combat at Fort McKenzie on August 28th, 1833.
Photograph

Iron Brigade Flag

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Description: The flag of the Iron Brigade bearing the design of an eagle surrounded by the names of battles.
Photograph

Battle of Missionary Ridge Panorama #1753

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph from the Panorama of the Battle of Missionary Ridge, Confederate General Braxton Bragg's Headquarters, painted in 1885. It was painted by Eugen...
Drawing

Battle of Fort Donelson

Date: 02 15 1862
Description: "The 2nd and 7th Iowa and the 52nd Indiana headed by General Smith storming up the rebel works at Fort Donelson causing its surrender to General Grant the ...
Print

Heroes of the Civil War

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Description: "Heroes of the Civil War". Engraving of eight Union leaders with decorative battlefield scenes.
Photograph

Stern of USS West Virginia

Date: 12 07 1941
Description: Sailors clear the stern of the battleship USS West Virginia in berth F-6 at Pearl Harbor, most likely after it was hit by at least a few of the 7 to...
Poster

Monitor and Merrimac Advertising Poster

Date: 1885
Description: "Terrific Engagement between the 'Monitor' and 'Merrimac.'" Battle scene of the Civil War battle produced by the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. Smal...
Poster

Battle of Mission Ridge Advertising Poster

Date: 1886
Description: Lithographed advertising poster for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company showing the Civil War battle of Mission Ridge. Features an inset with a small ...
Poster

"Battle of Atlanta" Advertising Poster

Date: 1888
Description: Lithographed advertising poster showing the Civil War Battle of Atlanta. Produced for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, the poster features insets ...
Photograph

Civil War "First Battle of Bull Run"

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Description: Steel engraving of the first major battle of the Civil War, fought in Virginia, near the Manassas, Virginia, railway junction, after which the battle is ca...
Book or Pamphlet

Cyclorama of the Battle of Gettysburg

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Description: A map of the second version of the Gettysburg cyclorama created by French artist Paul Philippoteaux, as taken from the souvenir booklet which sold for five...
Photograph

8th Iowa Regiment at the Battle of Shiloh #2

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Description: A stereograph view of a cyclorama of the Battle of Shiloh. Caption on stereograph reads: "8th Iowa repulsing charge of Braxton Bragg's com'd." Text at righ...
Photograph

1st Arkansas Confederate Regiment Making a Charge #14

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Description: A stereograph view of a cyclorama of the Battle of Shiloh. Caption on stereograph reads, "1st Ark. Con. Regiment making a charge in "Hornets Nest.'"
Poster

Your War Bonds in Action

Date: 1944
Description: Treasury Design No. 36, "Periscope." The poster features a Japanese battle ship under attack as seen through a periscope.
Poster

Let's All Back the Attack! - 4th War Loan

Date: 1944
Description: Treasury Design No. 33, "Periscope View - 4th War Loan." The poster features a Japanese battle ship under attack as seen through a periscope.
Print

The Battle of Antietam

Date: 08 1862
Description: Color lithograph of Union lines in the midst of battle.
Drawing

Bombardment of Fort Sumter

Date: 1861
Description: Color lithograph of the fort in the midst of the bombardment, published by Bingham & Dodd, Hartford, Connecticut.
Print

Struggle on a Bridge During the Retreat from Manassas

Date: 07 1861
Description: Etching of a battle scene during the retreat from Manassas. Originally published by Virtue & Company Publishers of New York.

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