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Cavalry Skirmish

Date: 11 12 1862
Description: Watercolor of a skirmish between the 7th Kansas Cavalry, Company A of the 12th Wisconsin Infantry, & Jackson's Rebel Cavalry near Lamar, Mississippi.
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Joel Stewart

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Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Joel Stewart, Company C, 4th Wisconsin Cavalry.
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Monroe J. Wetherwax

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Description: Full-length carte-de-visite portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Private Monroe J. Weatherwax, Company I, 4th Wisconsin Cavalry. He is wearing a hat,...
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Fort Assinniboine

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Description: A view of soldiers on horseback leading a cavalry drill. Flags are visible in the formation of men at Fort Assinniboine, built in 1879. Caption reads: "Cav...
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Camp Travis

Date: 1918
Description: A view of five men on horseback during a cavalry exercise. The horses are jumping over wooden fences on the plain at Camp Travis, named in 1917.
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Golgotha and the Crucifixion #1701

Date: 1893
Description: Jesus is hanging on the cross, while a soldier wearing armor points at him. Other soldiers are present, some riding horses. A group of people on the right ...
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Garden of Joseph of Arimathea and Damascus Road #1712

Date: 1893
Description: A replication of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Depicted is the Damascus Road and the garden of Joseph of Arimathea. Joseph of Arimathea was a wealthy ma...
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Garden of Joseph of Arimathea and Tomb #1713

Date: 1893
Description: A replication of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Depicted is the garden of Joseph of Arimathea and the tomb where Jesus is believed to be the buried. A Ro...
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Military Men Crossing Wooden Bridge

Date: 07 1942
Description: A group of men from the 14th Infantry running while crossing a newly constructed wooden bridge over mud in a field in Panama. The men are in uniform and ar...
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Carl Wilhelm Berg

Date: 1892
Description: Formal studio carte-de-visite in front of a painted backdrop of Carl Wilhelm Berg. He is dressed in the uniform of the Prussian Heavy Cavalry, his rank is ...
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Chester Hamilton Burgess with Unidentified Soldier

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Description: Quarter plate ferrotype/tintype. Full-length portrait of Chester Hamilton Burgess standing with an unidentified soldier. Both men are wearing Civil War uni...
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Training Horses on a Serbian Farmstead

Date: 1914
Description: Austrian Soldiers are training horses on a Serbian farm during World War I.
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Pontoons to Cross the Save River

Date: 1915
Description: Three Austrian soldiers are sitting and standing around wagons loaded with pontoons that will be used to bridge the Save (Sava) River during World War I be...
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Austrian Soldiers at Rest

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers smoking in front of military equipment hanging from a fence.
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Austrian Soldier at the Stables

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers are using a house as a horse stable in Serbia.
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Austrian Ammunition Column on the Move

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian ammunition column on the march in Poland during World War I.
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Soldiers and Field Artillery Wagons

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Description: German soldiers conversing with their Austrian brothers-in-arms in front of a roadside calvary.
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Austrian Transportation to the Front

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Description: Austrian munitions column on horses and mules being transported to the front.
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Austrian Ammunition on the Move

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Description: Austrian munitions column on horses and mules being transported to the front.
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Austrian Wagons on the Way to the Front

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Description: Austrian supply wagons on the way to the Dukla Pass in the Carpathians.

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