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James T. Lewis Letter to Ayer

Date: 07 12 1865
Description: A letter written by Wisconsin Governor James T. Lewis to E.G. Ayer of Harvard, Illinois, thanking him for his special care of and attention to sick and wou...
Manuscript

Letter from E.G. Ayer

Date: 07 14 1865
Description: The first page of a letter written by E.G. Ayer of Harvard, Illinois, to Wisconsin Governor James T. Lewis, in gratitude for the governor's thanks for cari...
Manuscript

Letter from E.G. Ayer

Date: 07 14 1865
Description: The second page of a letter written by E.G. Ayer of Harvard, Illinois, to Wisconsin Governor James T. Lewis, in gratitude for the governor's thanks for car...
Manuscript

Capitol During the Civil War

Date: 04 1862
Description: Hand-tinted stationery showing the Capitol in Washington, D.C. in 1862. The blue tint on the dome may have been intended to represent the unfinished natur...
Manuscript

Bennett Diary Pages

Date: 05 1863
Description: Two pages, dated May 23-24, 1863, of a diary kept by H.H. (Henry Hamilton) Bennett during the Civil War.
Poster

Great Event of the Age! Negro Emancipation Proclaimed!

Date: 1863
Description: Poster with decorative border and text of the Emancipation Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln.
Photograph

The Pen is Mightier Than the Sword

Date: 1893
Description: Full-length studio photograph of Louis Brosemer wearing a suit and hat. He is standing before a United States flag holding an oversized pen as though it wa...
Map or Atlas

Topographical Sketch of the Battle-Field with Stone River

Date: 1863
Description: This map is a hand-colored, pen and ink, drawing by Ole R. Dahl of Co. B, 15 Wisconsin Infantry shows the battlefield at Stones River, depicting roads, str...
Document

Ebenezer Brigham Memorandum of Passing Events

Date: 06 23 1832
Description: Document written by Ebenezer Brighman listing occurrences at Fort Blue Mounds.
Manuscript

W.D. Bartlett Letter

Date: 06 28 1863
Description: A letter written by W.D. Bartlett to his cousin describing life as a Civil War soldier.
Manuscript

Fort Dearborn Evacuation Order

Date: 07 29 1812
Description: A handwritten order to evacuate Ft. Dearborn.
Manuscript

Key to 29th Wisconsin Infantry Volunteers

Date: 08 1889
Description: A key to the members of the 29th Wisconsin Infantry Volunteers, consisting of a piece of paper with numbered circles punched through it. When this key is p...
Manuscript

Memorandum In Pencil

Date: 07 14 1863
Description: An account of the Battle of Gettysburg written in pencil in the diary of Rufus Dawes.
Book or Pamphlet

Rufus Dawes Diary Entry

Date: 07 01 1863
Description: A two page diary entry written at the Gettysburg battlefield by Rufus R. Dawes.
Manuscript

Gettysburg Casualty Tabulation

Date: 1863
Description: A Gettysburg battle casualty tabulation in Rufus Dawes' diary noting how many people were killed, wounded, and missing.

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