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| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter length carte-de-visite portrait of Captain William A. Hawley standing near a column. |
| Date: | 06 1865 |
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| Description: | Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Confederate Lieutenant Colonel John Harrell of Harrell's Battalion in the Arkansas Cavalry. |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | Quarter plate ferrotype/tintype of Peter Larsen in a Civil War uniform holding a firearm. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | View from across street of the exterior of a large hall with plate glass windows welcoming returning troops from the Spanish-American War. Soldiers and oth... |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of exterior of a building used as the Confederate government's Executive Mansion. This was where Jefferson Davis and his family stayed during t... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Old Abe, bald eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Civil War Volunteer Infantry. He is perched on a cannon with his head turned to the left and t... |
| Date: | 1863 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of three U.S. Army soldiers in front of tents in camp under a framework of branches. |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Thomas Bigford (in cap, on left) and another official swearing-in two Native American Civil War recruits. Thomas Bigford (1815-1890) of Taycheedah, Wiscons... |
| Date: | 08 1864 |
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| Description: | Soldiers relax around the Army Post Office at the quarters of the Chief Ambulance Officer, Ninth Army Corps. |
| Date: | 10 1861 |
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| Description: | Three-Quarter length portrait of Charles W. Gulliford, Company B, 12th Wisconsin Infantry, with musket. Photograph was taken at Camp Randall. |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of Corporal Chris Early, Company K, 13th Wisconsin Infantry. Died on May 18, 1865 of a disease. |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter length carte-de-visite portrait of Colonel Cassius Fairchild, F & S, 16th Wisconsin Infantry, wearing his full uniform. |
| Date: | 03 10 1863 |
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| Description: | Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Edwin L. Buttrick, 24th Wisconsin Infantry, standing in full uniform with sword on left side. |
| Date: | 1862 |
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| Description: | Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of 1st Lieutenant Samuel W. Smith (from Mineral Point), Company E, 30th Wisconsin Infantry. |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | An albumen stereograph of a monument to the Confederate dead, in the shape of a stone pyramid with steeply pitched sides. |
| Date: | 1863 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of three U.S. Army soldiers in front of tents in camp under a framework of branches. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Portrait of John Peter Altgeld, a Union veteran of the Civil War, judge, lawyer, and politician. Altgeld was a Progressive Democrat and the 20th Governor o... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Photograph from an original painting of Colonel William (Billy) Stephen Hamilton, M. Smith Photography in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Son of Revolutionary War hero ... |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | A composite of Civil War Confederate Commanders, this is one of the first known examples of a composite photograph and of the use of photography in adverti... |
| Date: | 1879 |
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| Description: | Old Abe, the Wisconsin War eagle, is perched outdoors with his wings stretched a little, on a stars and stripes shield near a cannon with a flag in the bac... |
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