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Painting

Battle of Chickamauga, 1863

Date: 1925
Description: "Battle of Chickamauga," an oil painting depicting a dramatic moment in the Battle of Chickamauga, painted by Alfred Thorsen after the lithograph. "Charge ...
Photograph

Civil War Cannon in Snow

Date: 1929
Description: Winter scene with a Civil War cannon partially covered with snow at Camp Randall.
Photograph

Milton House Inn

Date: 1925
Description: The Milton House Inn. The Milton House was a part of the Underground Railroad prior to the abolition of slavery. The house was built in 1845 by Joseph Good...
Postcard

Milton Log Cabin Behind the Milton House

Date: 1920
Description: A view of the cabin on the property of the Milton House, which was a part of the Underground Railroad prior to the abolition of slavery. The house was buil...
Photograph

Site of the Confederate Surrender

Date: 1925
Description: Aerial view of the site of the Confederate surrender in 1865.
Photograph

Artillery Target Practice Field

Date: 1927
Description: Earthwork four miles southwest of Racine, used during the Civil War in light artillery target practice to stop solid shot. Joseph Cooper is waving the flag...
Photograph

"Brad" Robinson Family

Date: 1925
Description: A studio portrait, presumably of Brad Robinson, his son and grandson. The eldest wears a badge of the Grand Army of the Republic, identifying him as a Civ...
Photograph

G.A.R. Encampment

Date: 06 1922
Description: Outdoor group portrait of Union veterans standing on the steps in front of a building, June 12-14.
Photograph

Grand Army of the Republic Parade During State Encampment

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view of Union veterans, some holding a banner reading "Iron Brigade," marching on a downtown street in a parade during a state encampment.
Photograph

Grand Army of the Republic Reunion

Date: 06 1928
Description: Outdoor group portrait of some of the members of the Grand Army of the Republic at a reunion.
Postcard

Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial

Date: 1929
Description: A colored postcard showing the Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial at an early stage of the bas-relief carving. Caption reads: "Stone Mountain Confederate ...
Photograph

Louis Rolfson

Date: 10 17 1926
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Louis Rolfson, a private in Company C, 15th Wisconsin Infantry. The following information was obtained from the Regimental and D...
Photograph

Scene in Park

Date: 1929
Description: A small park in a median of Main Street. The park houses the Soldiers and Sailors of the Civil War memorial.

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