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| Date: | 1858 |
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| Description: | Portrait of William Freeman Vilas (1840-1908), Civil War and United States Senator, taken while he was a student at the University of Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1859 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1858 |
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| Description: | Original sketch drawn by Col. Elmer E. Ellsworth in 1858 at Madison, Wisconsin, and presented to N.B. Van Slyke. Col. Ellsworth commanded the 1st Zouaves a... |
| Date: | 1859 |
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| Description: | Typed text on back of photograph: "River Falls Rifle company, River Falls, Wis. Organized 1859, later fought with 12th Wisconsin Volunteer Regiment in Civi... |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | An eighth plate daguerreotype of Edward P. Bridgman, 1834-1915, as a young man. Bridgman served in the 37th Massachusetts volunteer Infantry, Company G in ... |
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