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Civil War Shell

Date: 1931
Description: A shell of the Civil War period, recovered from the Mississippi River near Vicksburg, Mississippi, and presented to the First Capitol State Park by the GAR...
Photograph

Edwin O. Kimberly

Date: 1900
Description: Photographic calling card of Colonel Edwin O. Kimberly. During the Civil War he was in the 3rd Wisconsin Infantry. It is noted on the card that he was the ...
Photograph

George B. Merrick

Date: 1887
Description: Photographic calling card of George B. Merrick, Company A, 30th Wisconsin Infantry. Includes an embossed image of a Civil War medal on the left, with a fla...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

1st Wisconsin Cavalry Veterans

Date: 1902
Description: Newspaper page with a composite of portraits of the First Wisconsin Cavalry veterans from the Civil War who enlisted at Ripon, Wisconsin.
Photograph

Alfred H. Lathrop

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Description: Tintype of Alfred H. Lathrop in his Civil War uniform carrying a drum over his shoulder. Lathrop was a drummer boy.
Photograph

Captain George Nobles' Rifle, Musket, Sword, and Sash

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Description: Captain George Nobles' weapons and sash used in the Civil War, posed in a studio in front of a painted backdrop.
Print

Offer of Receiver of Commutation Money

Date: 11 23 1863
Description: A receipt made out to Abraham Gilman for the $300 he paid to avoid serving his draft duty in the Civil War.
Postcard

"Nor shall their story be forgot, While Fame her record keeps"

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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."
Postcard

"While above them floats 'Old Glory', Boon to all the world oppressed."

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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."
Photograph

Soldiers' Monument in Jefferson, Wisconsin

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Description: View of the Civil War Soldiers' Monument. The monument on the courthouse grounds is surrounded by a walkway and trees.
Photograph

Henry W. Halleck

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Description: Portrait of H.W. Halleck in military uniform.
Photograph

John A. Kellog

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of John Kellog, 6th Wisconsin Volunteers.
Photograph

James Bull

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Description: Photographic calling card of James Bull, Company K, 1st Wisconsin Infantry.
Print

Ambrose Burnside

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Description: Head and shoulders engraved portrait of General Burnside.
Print

Benjamin F. Butler

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Description: Seated engraved portrait of Major General Benjamin F. Butler.
Print

John Adams Dix

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Description: Head and shoulders engraved portrait of General John Adams Dix.
Print

Robert E. Lee

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Description: Engraved vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Robert E. Lee.
Photograph

Unknown Union Soldier

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Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait of an unknown Union soldier.
Painting

Wounded Civil War Soldier

Date: 1886
Description: Oil on linen study of a dead or wounded Civil War soldier created as a preliminary study by one of the Milwaukee panorama painters active during the 1889s....
Photograph

Unidentified Soldiers

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of two Civil War soldiers in uniform, seated, both with left hands in hidden hand pose with jackets buttoned.

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