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Filter: Subject of civil war, 1861-1865
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Camp Randall Memorial Arch and Civil War cannons. The memorial was built to honor Wisconsin Civil War soldiers and is located on the University of Wisconsi... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | A memorial for Civil War soldiers and sailors. Caption reads: "Janesville, Wis. Soldiers Monument." |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | A Civil War Monument and fountain in Lancaster. Caption reads: "Fountain in Honor of the Boys in Blue, Lancaster, Wis." |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View across water toward Fort Sumter. Caption reads: "Fort Sumter, Charleston, S. C." |
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| Description: | Color postcard of a section of the cyclorama painting "Battle of Atlanta" executed by painters under Wilhem Wehner in the 1880s. This scene shows the fight... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View across street toward the headquarters. Caption reads: "General Grant's headquarters during the summer & fall of 1862 before the Battle of Corinth." |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Color postcard view of house with trees and yard on a hill. Caption reads: "Grant's Headquarters, Vicksburg, Miss." |
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| Description: | Color postcard view of the railroad locomotive used in a famous Civil War incident, which was later retold in Buster Keaton's motion picture The General... |
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| Description: | Color postcard with a poem, and featuring a man holding a ragged Confederate battle flag. |
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| Description: | A group portrait of former members of "Quantrell's Band" at a reunion. |
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| Description: | Post Civil War Era postcard: "And foremost Still Among the free their spirits shall by his decree lead on through all eternity." |
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| Description: | Postcard commemorating those who fought during the Civil War. "Nor shall their story be forgot, While Fame her record keeps." |
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| Description: | Postcard commemorating those who fought in the Civil War. "While above them floats 'Old Glory', Boon to all the world oppressed." |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Colored postcard view of crowd in front of the stand. Caption reads: "Human Confederate Flag." Text at top right reads: "And 'twill live in song and story.... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Postcard of the Civil War Soldiers' and Sailors' monument. describing its particular dimensions and artistry. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of the monument. Caption reads: "Peace Tablet, Soldier's and Sailor's Monument, Indianapolis." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the monument. Caption reads: "Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Indianapolis, Ind." |
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| Description: | Color postcard featuring an equestrian statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Caption reads: "Lee Monument and Monument Avenue. Richmond, VA." |
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