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Photograph

Adelbert Ames

Date: 1865
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Adelbert Ames, US Army veteran and Republican politician. Ames was a general in both the Civil War and the Spanish-American War....
Photograph

John McArthur

Date: 1865
Description: Vignetted portrait of Brigadier General John McArthur. At the start of the Civil War he was a colonel of an Illinois volunteer regiment, but after the Batt...
Photograph

Civil War Veterans at Soldier's Home

Date: 12 23 1938
Description: Two unidentified Civil War veterans at soldier's home on December 23, 1938, along with two representatives from the American Legion. The veterans are both ...
Painting

Civil War Soldier on the Ground with Rifle

Date: 1886
Description: Oil painting of a Confederate Civil War soldier on the ground holding a rifle, created as a preliminary study for the Cyclorama of the Battle of Gettysburg...
Painting

Civil War Cannon

Date: 1886
Description: Oil painting of a Civil War cannon, created as a preliminary study for the Cyclorama of the Battle of Gettysburg, painted by a group of German painters kno...
Photograph

Hiram H. Herrick

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Hiram H. Herrick of the 36th Wisconsin Regiment in the Civil War. He enlisted from Middleton, Wisconsin, and was the father ...
Photograph

Monument to Stonewall Jackson

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Description: View of a monument to Stonewall Jackson (1824-1863), American Civil War Confederate General. The memorial, erected in 1888, stands in a wooded area, surrou...
Map or Atlas

Henrico Co., Virginia, With Additions, Showing the Defensive Lines and Works of Richmond

Date: 1864
Description: This map created during the Civil War indicates Confederate fortifications, houses, names of residents, towns, roads, railroads, relief by hachures, draina...
Photograph

Lieut. E.L. Blanchard

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Description: Carte-de-visite of Lieutenant E.L. Blanchard.
Photograph

George A. Fisk

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Description: Portrait of Captain George A. Fisk.
Poster

19th Infantry Recruiting Poster

Date: 1861
Description: Poster designed to recruit soldiers to the 19th Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. In addition to the text, the poster features an eagle carrying a b...
Photograph

Rifle-Musket Cartridges

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Description: Display of paper-wrapped rifle-musket cartridges, about .58 caliber, of the type used in the Civil War, compared with 30-40 U.S. rifle cartridges.
Historical Object

Sherman, Campaign at Atlanta

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Description: Pen and ink memento of General William T. Sherman's Civil War campaign at Atlanta, Georgia, with pieces of a Union Flag attached.
Photograph

Lew Wallace Monument

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Description: Monument of Lew Wallace (1827-1905), Union general in the Civil War and author of 'Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.'
Print

Edwin M. Stanton

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Description: Engraved waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War from 1861-1868.
Print

Edwin M. Stanton

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Description: Engraved waist-up length carte-de-visite portrait of Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War from 1861-1868.
Photograph

General Cutler

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of General Cutler.
Print

Benjamin F. Butler

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Description: Vignetted engraved portrait of Major General Benjamin F. Butler.
Photograph

Old Abe on Perch

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Description: A wood engraving of Old Abe, Civil War eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry.
Print

Union Generals of the Civil War

Date: 1867
Description: Engraving of portraits of Generals in the Union Army during the Civil War. U.S. Grant is in the center, with H.W. Halleck on his left, and clockwise from t...

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