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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.
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Double Portrait of Charles B. Aubrey

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Description: Waist up carte-de-visite portrait of Charles B. "Doc" Aubrey, 6th Wisconsin Infantry ("Iron Brigade") after the war. An engraving of Aubrey from 1862 is pr...
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Civil War "First Battle of Bull Run"

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Description: Steel engraving of the first major battle of the Civil War, fought in Virginia, near the Manassas, Virginia, railway junction, after which the battle is ca...
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Portrait of Governor Edward Salomon

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Description: Engraved quarter-length vignette portrait of Wisconsin's 8th governor Edward Salomon in semi-profile. He is wearing a polka-dot tie. Below the portrait is ...
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Okee-Makee-Quid

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Description: Painted portrait of a man in a feathered headdress with buffalo horns. He is wearing a cloak with an animal face in front, and he is holding a war club and...
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Retreat of the Indians with their Prisoners

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Description: Photograph of an engraving from an unknown source depicting a group of Native American warriors herding white captives along a trail. A building burns in ...

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