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Chandler B. Chapman

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Description: Ninth plate daguerreotype portrait of Dr. Chandler B. Chapman of Madison, quarter length facing front with torso facing right. Dr. Chapman served as a reg...
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Cassius Fairchild

Date: 1859
Description: Portrait of Cassius Fairchild of Madison, the eldest son of Jairus Fairchild, about 1859. At this time he assumed responsibility for a large part of the fa...
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Lucius Fairchild

Date: 1864
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Colonel Lucius Fairchild in Madison, probably after the loss of his arm at Gettysburg. This portrait can be dated as ...
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Rufus R. Dawes

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Description: Head and shoulders studio portrait of Rufus R. Dawes of the 6th Wisconsin Volunteers.
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James B. Farnsworth

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Description: Studio portrait of James B. Farnsworth, a Major in the 4th Wisconsin Cavalry, Company A.
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Captain P.W. Plummer

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Description: Carte-de-visite of Captain P.W. Plummer of the 6th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. A handwritten note on the photograph reads: "Killed in the Wilderness".
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Milton House Dining Room

Date: 1950
Description: The dining room of the Milton House, which was a part of the Underground Railroad prior to the abolition of slavery. The house was built in 1845 by Joseph ...
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Clement E. Warner

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Description: Studio portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Clement E. Warner, 36th Wisconsin Infantry.
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Washington Yates Selleck

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Description: Vignetted head and shoulders portrait of Washington Yates Selleck was Wisconsin's military agent in Washington, D.C. during the Civil War. In this capacity...
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Samuel C. Johnson

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Description: Waist-up seated portrait of Samuel C. Johnson, a corporal in C Company, 15th Wisconsin Infantry, in uniform with corporal chevrons on the sleeves. The foll...
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William H. Church

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Lieutenant William H. Church standing next to a small table.
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Lieut. E.L. Blanchard

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Description: Carte-de-visite of Lieutenant E.L. Blanchard.
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George A. Fisk

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Description: Portrait of Captain George A. Fisk.
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Henry Clay Taylor

Date: 1862
Description: Studio portrait of 2nd Lieutenant Henry Clay Taylor (1838-1864), 21st Wisconsin Infantry, Company A, wearing a Union soldier's uniform. Henry was a bookke...
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Robert K. Beecham

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Description: Robert K. Beecham studio portrait in front of a painted background, at age 26. In the book "As If It Were Glory," Robert Beecham recounts his Civil War exp...
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Dr. John Maynard Woodworth in Fur Clothing

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Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Dr. John Maynard Woodworth (1837-1879), an American physician and naturalist who is shown in a Russian-American fur trapper's c...
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Dr. John Maynard Woodworth, Physician

Date: 1865
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Dr. John Maynard Woodworth (1837-1879), American physician and naturalist. In 1871, Woodworth became the first Surgeo...
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Manning Ferguson Force, Army Commander

Date: 1865
Description: Reproduction of a carte-de-visite portrait of Manning Ferguson Force (1824-1899), U.S. Army Commander. Force led the 20th Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the Un...
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Amasa Cobb in Uniform

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Description: Portrait of Amasa Cobb seated, wearing his military unform.
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Amasa Cobb

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Description: Oval, head and shoulders portrait of Amasa Cobb.

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