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Color postcard with a poem, and featuring a man holding a ragged Confederate battle flag.

Date Created:
circa 1860-1869

Publication Information

Date Created circa 1860-1869

Physical Description

Format Image
Dimensions 14 x 9 cm

Collection Information

Digital Collection Wisconsin in the Civil War
Source Collection Subject albums, 1753?-1990? (bulk circa 1850s-circa 1950s)
Call Number Album 14.102

Copyright Information

Copyright Status NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
Rights Holder Wisconsin Historical Society
Unique ID
W013IZQ
Legacy ID
WHi 70832

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Prints
The Warrior's Banner Takes its Flight to Greet the Warrior's Soul

The Warrior's Banner Takes its Flight to Greet the Warrior's Soul

circa 1860-1869

An etching of the Confederate States of America flag ascending through a cloud into a starry and moonlit night with an inscription that reads: "The warrior's banner takes its flight to greet the wa...

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Photographs
Battle Flag of Company F, known as the Belle City Rifles, 2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment

Battle Flag of Company F, known as the Belle City Rifles, 2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment

circa 1860-1869

Battle Flag of Company F, Second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, the "Belle City Rifles."

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Photographs
National Battle Flag of the 20th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment

National Battle Flag of the 20th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment

circa 1860-1869

Battle flag of the Twentieth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry.

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Prints
The Nation's Peacemakers

The Nation's Peacemakers

circa 1860-1869

A lithograph of Major-General William Tecumseh Sherman, Major-General Ulysses S. Grant, and Rear-Admiral David Dixon Porter below the figure of a woman holding laurel wreaths, a bald eagle, and the...

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Photographs
USS Lexington

USS Lexington

circa 1860-1869

View from a distance of a Union side-wheel gunship.

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Photographs
USS Essex

USS Essex

circa 1860-1869

A Union ironclad steamship on the Mississippi River.

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