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Lucius Fairchild Post of the Grand Army of the Republic

Date: 05 30 1910
Description: Group portrait outdoors of the members of the Lucius Fairchild Post of the Grand Army of the Republic. The man fourth from the left (with the light hat) wa...
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Bernhard (Bernt) J. Madsen

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Description: A vignetted, quarter-length cabinet card portrait of Bernt J. Madsen a sergeant in Company B, 15th Wisconsin Infantry. The following information was obtain...
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Three Civil War Veterans

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Description: Carte-de-visite of three Civil War veterans tentatively identified as William Wilson, John M. Baer, and Samuel Ryan. The latter is thought to have been a r...
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Ole Nustad Johnson

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Description: Waist-up cabinet card portrait of Ole Nustad Johnson [as written on the photograph backing; also written as Ole Johnson on Descriptive Rolls, Volume 20, pu...
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Hans Hanson

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Description: Vignetted, quarter-length cabinet card portrait of Hans Hanson, a corporal in Company G, Wisconsin 15th Infantry. The following information was obtained fr...
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Confederate Prisoners

Date: 07 1863
Description: Stereograph of three Confederate soldiers captured during the Battle of Gettysburg. This photograph was taken by Mathew Brady a few days after the battle. ...
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Colonel William Augustus Ray

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of William Augustus Ray, who was with the 40th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. He is standing side...
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Iowa Monument

Date: 1907
Description: A man is sitting on a headstone near the Iowa monument at the Andersonville National Cemetery. He is holding an umbrella in his right hand, and his hat and...
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Captain Nathaniel Rollins

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of Captain Nathaniel Rollins (1832-1901). Waist-up portrait, seated, facing forward. He is wearing his Civil War greatcoat. H...

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