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Camp Randall

Date: 1862
Description: Camp Randall looking southwest. In April 1861, Governor Alexander Randall asked that the State Agricultural Society fairgrounds be converted into a militar...
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Gettysburg Battlefield Memorials

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Description: An advertisement by the Smith Granite Company showing illustrations of various Gettysburg Battleground Memorials.
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The Union Is Dissolved!

Date: 1860
Description: Civil War handbill that reads: "Charleston Mercury Extra...The Union Is Dissolved!"
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Robert E. Lee

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait engraving of Robert E. Lee.
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Union Generals of the Civil War

Date: 1867
Description: Engraving of portraits of Generals in the Union Army during the Civil War. U.S. Grant is in the center, with H.W. Halleck on his left, and clockwise from t...
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Patriots of St. Croix Recruiting Poster

Date: 04 23 1861
Description: Recruiting poster for the "Patriots of St. Croix" to "take up arms".
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Arouse! Volunteers Wanted!

Date: 07 24 1862
Description: Poster calling for the recruitment of volunteers from Grant County for the Union Army during the Civil War.
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Robert E. Lee

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Description: Portrait engraving of Robert E. Lee, seated.
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Ulysses S. Grant

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Description: Portrait engraving of Ulysses S. Grant.
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Rutherford B. Hayes

Date: 1881
Description: Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President of the United States (1877-1881). Born in Delaware, Ohio on October 4, 1822, he died on January 17, 1893 in Fremont, O...
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Benjamin Harrison

Date: 1890
Description: A head and shoulders portrait of Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd President of the United States, 1889-1893. Harrison was born on August 20, 1833, on a farm ne...
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Union Commanders

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Description: "Generals of our Army, 1861", with Union generals: Lt. General Winfield Scott, Maj. General George B. McClellan, Maj. General John A. Dix, Maj. General Nat...
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Major General O.M. Mitchell

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Description: Engraving from Alonzo Chappel's painting of Major General O.M. Mitchell.
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Death of Colonel Ellsworth

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Description: An artist's representation of the death of Colonel Elmer Ellsworth at the Marshall House, the first casualty of the Civil War. Lieutenant Francis Brownell ...
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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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General Grant

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Description: A portrait of General Grant surrounded with scenes of his life.
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Union Army and Navy Officers

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Description: A lithograph of 100 Union Army and Navy officers and Abraham Lincoln.
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National Portrait Gallery

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Description: "National Portrait Gallery". A lithograph of 37 Union commanders and Abraham Lincoln.
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Heroes of the Civil War

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Description: "Heroes of the Civil War". Engraving of eight Union leaders with decorative battlefield scenes.
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Sherman and His Generals

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Description: "Sherman and His Generals" etching after Brady photograph.

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