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Property Record

515 OAK ST

Community: Baraboo
County: Sauk
Historic Name: Civil War Memorial
Reference Number: 230002
Photograph

Fort Harrison

Date: 1861
Description: Exterior view of Civil War fortification Fort Harrison showing embrasures and parapets of casemates.
Property Record

N 8th St and Ontario Avenue, Fountain Park

Community: Sheboygan
County: Sheboygan
Historic Name: Civil War Soldiers' Monument
Reference Number: 42953
Poster

War, War, War!!

Date: 1862
Description: Civil War Union Army recruitment poster.
Print

Union Rally

Date: 09 10 1864
Description: Civil War handbill promoting Union recruitment.
Print

Notice. The Drafting Will Be Continued...

Date: 1862
Description: Civil War Union Army recruitment handbill.
Print

The Union Is Dissolved!

Date: 1860
Description: Civil War handbill that reads: "Charleston Mercury Extra...The Union Is Dissolved!"
Photograph

General Ulysses S. Grant

Date: 1861
Description: Civil War portrait of Ulysses S. Grant seated wearing a military uniform.
Painting

Confederate Civil War Soldier

Date: 1886
Description: Oil on linen study of a Confederate Civil War sharpshooter aiming his rifle, created as a preliminary study for a Civil War cyclorama. Although unsigned t...
Photograph

Elmer E. Ellsworth

Date: 1861
Description: Portrait of Elmer E. Ellsworth, the first northern hero of the Civil War and the popularizer of the Zouaves style of military drill.
Print

War Notice! Bounty for Volunteers!

Date: 08 02 1862
Description: Civil War Union Army recruitment poster.
Poster

Third Reg't Excelsior Brigade, Company "G," Seventy-Second Regt. N.Y. Vol. Inf.

Date: 1861
Description: Printer's proof of Civil War roster on waste paper.
Print

Received on Deposit, Ten Cents

Date: 08 20 1862
Description: Confederate wildcat money used during the Civil War.
Manuscript

Commemorative Roster of Co. F, 11th Wisconsin Infantry

Date: 1861
Description: Civil War commemorative roster of Company F, 11th Wisconsin Infantry, Harvey Zouaves of the Eleventh Regiment.
Poster

Statistics of the Civil War

Date: 1892
Description: A large poster giving an overview of the cost of the Civil War in lives and money, dominated by a list of 154 major battles.
Property Record

701 S BROWNS LAKE DR

Community: Burlington
County: Racine
Historic Name: BURLINGTON CEMETERY CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL
Reference Number: 221126
Property Record

1000 Myrtle St

Community: Reedsburg
County: Sauk
Historic Name: Greenwood Cemetary Civil War Memorial
Reference Number: 84706
Print

Attention! Company! The Fox River Zouaves!

Date: 08 24 1861
Description: Civil War Era Union recruitment poster for Fox River Zouaves.
Manuscript

George W. Noble's Discharge Papers

Date: 01 02 1864
Description: George W. Noble's discharge letter from the Union Army during the Civil War.
Photograph

Cooks in a Civil War Army Camp

Date: 1865
Description: Two men cook at griddles while another leans on an open door to one of many tents at a Civil War army camp.

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