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| Date: | 12 1864 |
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| Description: | Andrew Gallup's commission in the 6th Wisconsin Infantry during the Civil War. A certificate printed in black ink with a red seal of Wisconsin attached, ha... |
| Date: | 08 22 1862 |
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| Description: | A call to arms issued by Confederate colonel John H. Morgan, asserting that the Confederacy is winning the war. He mentions George B. McClellan, Thomas J. ... |
| Date: | 08 20 1862 |
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| Description: | Confederate wildcat money used during the Civil War. |
| Date: | 11 23 1863 |
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| Description: | A receipt made out to Abraham Gilman for the $300 he paid to avoid serving his draft duty in the Civil War. |
| Date: | 11 26 1861 |
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| Description: | Front of printed handbill concerning an offer of amnesty to local rebels. Annotations by Colonel C.R. Jennison appear on back. |
| Date: | 1863 |
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| Description: | Handbill issued by E.B. McCagg, President of the N.W. Sanitary Commission, urging citizens to plant potatoes and onions to be divided, and to put up dried ... |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | Engraved carte-de-visite portrait of General Ulysses S. Grant and his family. |
| Date: | 02 26 1864 |
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| Description: | Engraved waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of General Robert E. Lee. |
| Date: | 08 24 1861 |
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| Description: | Civil War Era Union recruitment poster for Fox River Zouaves. |
| Date: | 06 1865 |
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| Description: | A handbill advertising for the Soldiers' Home Festival in Beloit, Wisconsin at the Union Hall on the evening of Friday, June 23, 1865. |
| Date: | 1869 |
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| Description: | A lithograph of the Coliseum for the Grand National Peace Jubilee in Boston, Massachusetts on June 15-19. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Portrait of reunion banquet of the Army of the Potomac in New York City. |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Piece of rope with one end tied in the form of a noose, depicting a skull. Caption below reads: "End of Secession." Blue ink, illustration on right side of... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Confederate flag with the words: "The Pirate Flag" and 8 stars in the blue section, and "Jeff. Davis" and "A.H. Stephens" on the red bars. Cream envelope w... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | A cartoon of General Scott helping Jefferson Davis try on a shoe. Scott says: "Well, does that Union Shoe fit you?" And Davis replies: "Mr. Scott, this Uni... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Soldier-farmer, "Jeffy" (Jefferson) Davis, in full uniform with a straw hat is giving feed (bonds) to a sow (the Confederacy). The sow is in turn feeding i... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Confederate President Jefferson Davis with his nose caught in a bear trap (Washington) while holding a confederate/pirate flag. Caption reads: "Jeff though... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Jefferson Davis hanging by a noose in a tree with a serpent wrapped around it. The "SOUTHERN EAGLE" is flying in the background. Captions below read: "JEFF... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Jefferson Davis hanging by a scarf held by the hand of Abraham Lincoln. Caption reads: "A Pretty Good Choke, (Joke,) on J.D. Verdict, — served him right." ... |
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