Series: The Civil War

Subseries: Portraits, Military Camps, Military Training
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Illustrious Men of Anti-slavery Times
Note: A composite photograph of the abolitionists Theodore Parker, Wendell Phillips, William Ellery Channing, Charles Sumner, William Lloyd Garrison, John A. Andrew, and John Brown.

“Union Commanders”
Note: This print, originally produced by the Travelers Insurance Company in 1884, was one of the first known examples of the composite photo process and of the use of photography in advertising. The originally edition was manufactured by the Notman Photo Co. of Boston, Mass. This reproduction was issued in 1961 in observance of the Civil War Centennial.

“The Council of War” by John Rogers , (1829-1904)
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From left to right: Gen. U.S. Grant, Abraham Lincoln, and Secretary of War Stanton. The group is signed on the top of the base, John Rogers, New York; additionally inscribed on edge of the base, The Council of War. The sculpture is in the collections of the Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, and dated 1868.

Photo issued by the Toledo Museum of Art; to be reproduced only with the permission of the Toledo Museum of Art.

“Generals of our Army, 1861”
Note: Union Generals. Center: Lieutenant General Winfield Scott. Clockwise from the top: Maj. General George B. McClellen, Maj. General John A. Dix, Maj. General Nathaniel P. Banks, Brig. General Nathaniel Lyon, Maj. General John E. Wool, Maj. General Robert Anderson, Maj. General J.C. Fremont, and Maj. General Benjamin Butler. The date at the bottom appears to be 1861.

Portrait of General U.S. Grant ringed by nine scenes from his life.

“Union Army Naval Officers”
Note: Lithograph of 100 officers and Abraham Lincoln.

“National Portrait Gallery”
Note: Lithograph of 37 Union commanders and Abraham Lincoln.

“Able Brave True”
Note: An engraving from 1867 of General U.S. Grant ringed by Sherman, Sheridan, Meade, Hooker, Rosecrans, McClellan, Halleck, and Thomas.

An engraving of General U.S. Grant ringed by Sherman, Sheridan, Meade, Porter, Hancock, and Howard.

“Heroes of the Civil War”
Note: Engraving of eight Union leaders with decorative battlefield scenes.

G.A.R. keepsake, circa 1890
Note: With portraits and vignettes.

General U.S. Grant, General Rawlins, General Webster, Colonel Lagow, Colonel Killyer posed on Lookout Mountain, TN, 1863

Engraving of Major General O.M. Mitchell, from the painting by Alonzo Chappel

“Sherman and his generals”
Note: Etching after Brady photograph.

Photograph of Jefferson Davis in his fatigue uniform

“Confederate Commanders with complements of the Travelers Insurance Company”
Note: Composite photograph produced in 1884 featuring Hill, Hood, Davis, Stuart, Jackson, Lee, Longstreet, Johnston, and Beauregard.

“President, Generals, C.S.A.”
Note: Engraving from 1863 of Jefferson Davis ringed by generals of the Confederate States of America; Lee, Hill, Stuart, Bragg, Johnston, Morgan, Jackson, and Beauregard.

“Portrait of the three colonels of the 26th N.C. Regiment”
Note: Photograph of an 1897 painting of Confederate colonels Lane, Burgwyn, and Vance who were active at Gettysburg, by G. Randall, 1897

General Edwin Vose Sumner and staff. Left to right: Capt. A. H. Cushing, Capt. L. Kipp, Major Clark, Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Taylor, Major General E.V. Sumner, Capt. Samuel Sumner, Surgeon Hammond and Lieutenant Colonel Lawrence.

General John circa Starkweather of the 1st Wisconsin Infantry seated in the center. To his left is Lieutenant Colonel George B. Bingham of the 1st Wisconsin Infantry, and to the right, General Rufus King of the Iron Brigade. All from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1863 November
Note: Photographer: W.H. Sherman, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Top: General Winfield Scott Hancock in camp with three staff members including General Gibbon of the Iron Brigade at top right. General Francis circa Barlow, 1st Division (left), and General David B. Birney, 3rd Division (center). Bottom: General Winfield Scott Hancock standing with many of his staff members in camp.

Officers of the 21st Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry posed on Lookout Mountain, Tenn. on 1864 February 10
Note: Right to left: Fred W. Borcherdt, acting Adjunct Co. D, later Captain Co. E, (Manitowoc, Wisconsin), Albert B. Bradish, First Lieut., later Captain Co. L., (Neenah, Wisconsin), Rudolph J. Wiesbrod, Captain Co. E, (Oshkosh, Wisconsin), Bartholomew J. Van Valkenburg, Quartermaster, (Two Rivers, Wisconsin), John H. Otto, Captain Co. D, (Appleton, Wisconsin), Alfred A. Harding, Second Lieut., Co. G, (Waupun, Wisconsin) and James E. Stuart, Captain Co. B, (Oshkosh, Wisconsin).

Second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry headquarters staff at mess, Chain Bridge, Virginia, 1862
Note: The group includes Colonel O’Connor, Maj. Thomas S. Allen, Lieutenant Colonel Fairchild, Dr. A.J. Ward, a suttler, a cook and orderlies.

The mount originally inscribed in pencil: “Gen. Lucius Fairchild, with the respects of ‘Credits,’ 1865
Note: Gen. Augustus Gaylord, right, Adjunct General of Wisconsin.

Group including, foreground, left to right: Mrs. Hathaway, Captain Hathaway (standing), Lucius Fairchild, Mary Howe, Colonel Edgar O’Connor (?), Major Allen, 1861-1863
Note: Lucius Fairchild enlisted in the 1st Wisconsin Volunteers in 1861. He was soon transferred to the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry where he rose to the rank of colonel and served in most of the major battles in the eastern sector of the war as a member of the “Iron Brigade.” In 1863, he lost an arm at the Battle of Gettysburg, and shortly before he was mustered out of the army in Oct. 1863, was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General of the volunteers.

A group of officers of the 43rd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, 1865
Note: Center, seated, is Colonel Amasa Cobb, standing at the Colonel’s right and to the rear is Major Brightman, and to his immediate left is Surgeon C.C. Hayes.

Officers of the First Wisconsin Heavy Artillery, Battery C: Capt. John R. Davis, Lieutenant Ezra r. Lisk, Lieutenant Fred Ullman, Lieutenant Benjamin F. Parker

Officers of Company K of the Fifth Wisconsin: Lieutenant Lewis A. Day, Lieutenant Alfred T. Fleetwood, and Capt. Shadrach A. Hall.

Lieutenant A.T. Lamson (Madison, Wisconsin), left, and Lieutenant E.E. Sill as they appeared when they reached the Union lines after their escape from the Confederate prison at Columbia, SC, 1864

Officers of Eight Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, standing left to right: unidentified, Lieutenant Milton H. Doty, Capt. James O. Bartlett, Lieutenant Sherman Ellsworth, Lieutenant Colonel Wm. B. Britton, unidentified, Joseph E. Murta, Regt. Surgeon, unidentified, known as “Don Quixote,” unidentified, Capt. Theodore A. Fellows (Genoa), Henry L. Bull, Adjt. Lieutenant Charles Palmetier. Seated left to right: Capt. Duncan circa Kennedy, others unidentified.

The death of Colonel Edward Ellsworth at the Marshall House, the first casualty of the Civil War, Alexandria, Virginia, 1861 May 24

Marshall House, in which Colonel E.E. Ellsworth was shot, Alexandria, Va, about 1864

Original sketch drawn by Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth in Madison, Wisconsin, 1858
Note: Presented to N.B. Van Slyke while the latter, as a young man, was at Madison. Colonel Ellsworth commanded First Zouaves, and was the first casualty of the Civil War, killed upon entering Alexandria, Virginia, May 24, 1861.

Charles J. Robinson, Second Lieutenant, Company G of the 1st Regiment of Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, Colonel John circa Starkweather, Commanding

Colonel Rollin M. Strong of the 19th Wisconsin Volunteers., Photographer: Fuller’s

Lieutenant J.B. Pond of the Third Wisconsin Calvary, who won the Medal of Honor for action at Baxter Springs, Kansas, 1863

Friedrich Holdmann of the Second Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment during the Civil War

Martin Norda of the 15th Wisconsin Regiment, Civil War
Note: Photographer: Richardson, Stevens Point, Wisconsin

Francis Jefferson Coats, Civil War veteran and Medal of Honor winner
Note: Coats was blinded at Gettysburg in 1863. He was part of Co. H, 7th Wisconsin

Harriet Douglas Whetten, Civil War nurse
Note: She served as an army nurse from 1862-65 on hospital ships out of New York and Philadelphia. Her Civil War letters have been edited and published in Wisconsin Magazine of History, vol. XLVIII, numbers 2-3 (Winter, 1964-65 and Spring 1965).

Harriet Rhoads at the time of her marriage to Lieutenant D.G. Hudson of Camp Douglas, Chicago, Illinois, about 1862-63

Peter D. Thomas of the 15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
Note: Thomas was picked up by the 15th Regiment during its campaigns. He was an escaped slave. He served Lieutenant Charles B. Nelson of Company G at Chickamauga and other battles then joined the 18th US Colored Infantry. Later he followed Wisconsin troops back to Beloit and attended school there. In time he made his home in Racine and was elected Racine County coroner.

Richard Crowe of Company F, Thirty-second Wisconsin Volunteers

Frederick Mero of Company E, 25th Wisconsin Infantry Mero was from Clifton, Wisconsin, a discontinued post office in Monroe County. He enlisted August 11, 1862 and died of disease on a hospital boat, 1863 July 26
Note: He was buried at Helena, Arkansas.

John Clem, 22nd Michigan Volunteer Infantry, the so-called “Drummer Boy of Shiloh”

Unidentified Civil War portrait

Unidentified Civil War tintype portrait of a Union soldier with full pack posed in front of a photographic backdrop of a military camp

Unidentified Civil War portrait

Unidentified Civil War portrait
Note: Photographer: M.E. Diemer

US Army Musician, Artillery, Civil War

Group of Madison Zouaves, a Civil War unit of Madison, Wisconsin
Note: No. 16 is identified as Robert B. Bird, son of one of the builders of the first Madison Capitol

Composite portraits of First Wisconsin Cavalry veterans from the Civil was who enlisted at Ripon, Wisconsin, 1902

Double group portrait of Company I, First Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry, Nashville, Tennessee, 1865
Note: Standing in back: M.P. Stone, Hiram Gee. Next row: unidentified, Johan A. Read, and Amandus Barnes. Next row: William Horton, Joseph Eschenbaugh. Front row: Henry P. O’Connor, Wilson, and John Farnsworth. This regiment was formed at Menominee, Wisconsin, the home of many of the men. The photograph is from the effects of Dr. John A. Read, who died in Tecumseh, Kansas, in 1918.

Group, probably from Racine, Wisconsin, 1861-1865, Left to right: (standing) Joseph Leach, F. McDonald, (seated) C.S. Chapman, Thos. Anderson, John R. Schofield

Company K, Thirteenth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry

Fourth Maine Battery
Note: Photographer: S.W. Sawyer

Composite portraits of Racine, Wisconsin Civil War veterans

Composite portraits of Racine County Civil War veterans

Company D, Twenty-first Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, 1864 April 20
Note: Top row, left to right: John Buboltz, Spencer Orlup, J. Henry Otto, Lyman circa Wait, Andrew Jackson, William W. Wood, Joseph D. Holden, Charles Lymer, and Sylvester Greely. Second row, seated: Charles Buck, Miles Hoskins, George Ranson, Nelson B. Draper, Miles H. Fenno, Lewis H. Sykes, and James P. Walker. End of second row, standing: John Dey. Front row: Harold Galpin, Jacob W. Rexford, August Pierrelee, Maurice F. Grunert, Ephriam Walker, and Charles Buckholz.

Seventh Wisconsin Battery, Light Artillery, 1863

Group from Kenosha, Wisconsin, squad of Company B, 1st Illinois Battery of Light Artillery
Note: Left to right: Douglas Newell, C.D. Dana, Henry Clark, W.T. Shepherd, Walter Stebbins. It was not unusual for groups to join a neighboring state’s group.

Indian recruits being sworn in for Civil War duty
Note: The man with the hat is Thomas Bigford (1815-90), of Taycheedah, Wisconsin, a farmer who served as a local recruiting officer during the war. The recruit on the right may be Adam Scherf of Stockbridge, who was said to have served in the same regiment with Thomas Bigford’s son Royal. This cannot be confirmed, Royal Bigford was a private in the 1st Battery, light Artillery, but Scherf is not listed

Camp Bragg, located in what is now Menominee Park, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, 1862
Note: Twenty-first regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry.

Civil War recruits in a filed with a flag
Note: Photographer: Edwin B. Trimpey, Baraboo, Wisconsin (possibly)

Second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Band, Lieutenant Titus, leader
Note: The original mount of this photo bears the inscription, “Lieutenant Colonel Fairchild, 2nd Wisconsin Vols.” Possibly Lucius Fairchild’s own writing.

Company C, Second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
Note: Among the officers were Captain Gibson, Lieutenant Boothe, and Lieutenant Kellogg.

General Blunt’s Headquarter Band members of the 3rd Wisconsin Cavalry who were massacred and burnt by the guerrilla, Quantrell, at Baxter Springs, Kansas.

Army winter quarters during the Civil War. Horace Greeley in top hat

Camp of the Seventh Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1863

Headquarters of the 16th Regiment of Wisconsin Infantry in Tennessee, 1861-1865

Camp of the Fourth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1864 October 25
Note: Photographer: A.D. Lytle, Baton Rouge, La.

Prayer meeting in General “Stonewall” Jackson’s camp, from Confederate War Etchings by A. Volck

Civil War group, probably including Lieutenant D.G. Hudson at Camp Douglas, Chicago, Illinois, about 1862-1863

Civil War group at Camp Douglas, Chicago, Illinois, about 1862-1863
Note: Photographer: Mountford, 272 Clark St., Chicago, Ill.

Mock battery erected by the 79th New York Volunteer (Artillery?) at Seabrook Point, Coosaw River, Port Royal Island, S.C., around 1862
Note: Photographer: Timothy O’Sullivan

Company I, Seventh Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers (the Iron Brigade) at Upton’s Hill, 12 miles from Germantown. Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1862 September

“Illustrations of Camp Life”
Note: Four soldiers of the 97th New York Volunteer Infantry with flag.

Officers, Second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, Falmouth, Virginia, 1862 July
Note: A variant version of this photograph hangs in the Grand army of the Republic Hall, Wisconsin State Capitol, Madison. It is dated July 18, 1862, camp opposite Fredericksburg, Virginia, and the officers are identified as follows, left to right: Q.M. Lieutenant J.D. Ruggles, Dr. A.J. Ward, Major J.S. Allen (standing), LT. Colonel Lucius Fairchild, Adjutant C.K. Dean, Colonel Edgar O’Connor.

Lieutenant J.N.P. Bird, Lieutenant Walther, and Capt. Lefler, Arlington, Virginia, 1862

Lieutenant J.N.P. Bird and police squad, Arlington, Virginia, 1862

Unidentified Civil War camp scene with fire and tents

General McClellan’s headquarters guard, 93rd New York Volunteers, Antietam, Maryland, 1862 September
Note: Photographer: Alex Gardner, Washington, D.C.

Stereo photograph of US Army officers eating a meal in camp, 1864

Scouts and guides in the Army of the Potomac, around 1864
Note: “The individuals in the group were attached to the secret service department of the Army of the Potomac when it was directed by Allan Pinkerton. Many of these men who were gathered for service on the Peninsula were known as Pamunkey Indians, relics of a small Virginia tribe which had intermarried considerably with the African Americans. They were very loyal to the Union, and their services were invaluable to McClellan during the spring and summer of 1862. After Pinkerton left the army, the whole secret service department was reorganized by Colonel Sharpe and he drew more largely from the ranks for the composition of his force. Whenever these men were captured, they were hanged as spice.”

Unidentified camp scene with raised wooden sidewalk

Camp of Company C, First Wisconsin Artillery, Chattanooga, Tennessee, around 1863

Cooks at work in a Civil War army camp
Note: Photographer: Staff of Mathew B. Brady

Stereo photograph of three US Army soldiers in camp under framework of branches, 1863

Army Post Office at the quarters of the Chief Ambulance Officer, Ninth Army Corps, Petersburg (vicinity), Virginia, 1864 August
Note: Photographer: Staff of Mathew B. Brady

A surgeon examining a patient at the hospital steward’s quarters, Humboldt, Tennessee
Note: Joseph W. Curtis, hospital steward, is inside the tent, seated on a medicine chest.

Camp Case, Fairfax (vicinity), Virginia, 1862

“My headquarters, Brownsville, Texas” by Julius Jung, musician, Company A, Twentieth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry

Marginal sketches of Civil War details from original letters written by Pvt. Edmund F. Bennett of Newport, Wisconsin, Company E, 12th Wisconsin Volunteer Regiment
Note: The town view is of Weston, Missouri. where this company was quartered. The hat on the figure may be incorrect; it should curl on the opposite side according to Walter Dunn and others.

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Marginal sketch of Civil War details from original letters written by Pvt. Edmund F. Bennet of Newport, Wisconsin, of Company E, 12th Wisconsin Volunteer Regiment
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“Scenes of Camp and Army life,” idyllic lithograph of nine scenes of US Army life

Camp of Colonel Paine’s 4th Wisconsin Regiment at the Relay-House, Baltimore (vicinity), Maryland, 1861-1865
Note: Lithograph by Hunckel & Son

Small amateur drawing of the camp, with surrounding terrain, occupied by the 104th Regiment, New York State Volunteers near Belle Plains, Virginia during the Civil War
Note: The principle supply depot for the Union Army of the Potomac was at Belle Plains. It is said to be a drawing by George R. Hall of the above- mentioned regiment, although it is probably a copy, perhaps after a published wood engraving engraved by H. Besancon. A view of the supply depot at Belle Plains, after Theodore Davis, appears in Harper’s Weekly, Dec. 20, 1862, page 805.

Photocopy of a sketch of the camp of the 15th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, Colonel Hans Heg commanding, on Island No. 10 in Tennessee during the Civil War.

Watercolor by John Gaddis (1822-1896), Manhattan, Kansas, 1862
Note: The original is in GAR Memorial Hall, Madison, Wisconsin

Watercolor by John Gaddis (1822-1896), Tecumseh, Kansas, 1862
Note: The original is in GAR Memorial Hall, Madison, Wisconsin

Watercolor by John Gaddis (1822-1896), Humboldt, Tennessee, 1862
Note: The original is in GAR Memorial Hall, Madison, Wisconsin

Watercolor by John Gaddis (1822-1896), Fort Lincoln, Kansas
Note: The original is in GAR Memorial Hall, Madison, Wisconsin

Watercolor drawings of Company E of the Twelfth Wisconsin Volunteers by John Gaddis, a native of Ireland, who came to Wisconsin from Illinois in 1854 or 1855
Note: He enlisted at Dellona in Sauke County, Oct. 25, 1861, and was discharged as a corporal in Tennessee, Nov. 5, 1964 because of disability. He afterwards lived on a farm in the town of Bloomer, Chippewa County. These two drawings and another of Camp Randall are in the GAR Memorial Hall at the Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin

Watercolor by John Gaddis (1822-1896), Topeka, Kansas
Note: The original is in GAR Memorial Hall, Madison, Wisconsin

Watercolor by John Gaddis (1822-1896)
Note: The original is in GAR Memorial Hall, Madison, Wisconsin

Watercolor by John Gaddis (1822-1896), Ossawattamie, Kansas, around 1862
Note: The original is in GAR Memorial Hall, Madison, Wisconsin

Camp Randall from a contemporary drawing by John Gaddis, Company E, Twelfth Wisconsin Infantry, Madison, Wisconsin, about 1862

Watercolor by John Gaddis (1822-1896)
Note: The original is in GAR Memorial Hall, Madison, Wisconsin

Currier & Ives lithograph, “The Soldier’s Dream of Home,” probably 1862

Currier & Ives lithograph, “The Soldier’s Home, The Vision,”, 1862

Camp Randall, Madison, Wisconsin, 1861-1865

Plan and elevation of the post hospital at Camp Randall, Madison, Wisconsin, 1861

Original plan of Camp Randall, to accompany a report by N.B. Van Slyke, Captain and Asst. Quartermaster, Madison, Wisconsin, 1865 January 1

Plan of Camp Randall, Madison, Wisconsin, circa 1861

Christmas and New Year’s greeting card from Hosea W. Rood, Madison, Wisconsin, 1925 December 10
Note: Presumably sent to his comrades of the 12th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, Co. E, who had been with him at Camp Randall 64 years before. It features a reproduction and description of John Gaddis’s sketch “Old Camp Randall, Madison, Wisconsin.”

Artillery at Camp Randall, Madison, Wisconsin, 1861
Note: Photographer: E.R. Curtiss, Madison.

View of Camp Randall, drawn and lithographed by Louis Kurz, Madison, Wisconsin, 1864 February or May
Note: Part of the edition has imprint: Published by Moseley and Brother, Madison.

Sketch of Camp Randall seen from “top of University Building” done by William Fiske Brown, Co. B, 40th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, Madison, Wisconsin, 1864 May 20
Note: At the outbreak of the Civil War, Governor Randall directed Maj. Horace A. Tenney to put the fairground near the University into condition for reception of Wisconsin troops. This was quickly done and in honor of the governor, it was named Camp Randall. During the war the following troops were stationed at Camp Randall while being organized for service: 2nd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 11th, 12th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 20th, 23rd, 19th, 30th, 36th, 37th, 38th, 40th, 46th, 47th, 19th and 50th. Also, Co. G of Berdan’s Sharpshooters. The building on the mound to the left is the old fairground building. The other barracks were probably built during the Civil War as part of the “putting into condition” ordered by Gov. Randall.

Subseries: Buildings, Sites, Battles, Naval History, Prisons
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“Bombardment of Fort Sumter,” Charleston, South Carolina, 1861
Note: A dramatic color lithograph of the fort in the midst of the bombardment, published by Bingham and Dodd, Hartford, Conn.

Fort Sumter after the bombardment by confederates, Charleston, South Carolina, 1861 April 15
Note: This photo was taken the day after Major Anderson’s withdrawal.

Appearance of Fort Sumter on Sunday afternoon, 1863 August 23
Note: Sketched from the Beacon House on Marris Island. Drawn from nature by W.T. Crane, with a MS endorsement by Q.A. Gillmore.

Interior of Fort Sumter, Charleston, South Carolina

Fort Sumter, Charleston, South Carolina, about 1905

Fort Sumter in 1861 and in 1915, Charleston, South Carolina

“Struggle on a bridge during the retreat from Manassas,” 1862
Note: Etching by F.O.C. Darley and W. Ridgway published by Virtue and Co. of New York.

“First Battle of Bull Run.”
Note: Engraved by J.C. McRae, drawn by W. Momberger.

“Battle of Gettysburg” on left, “Battle of Shiloh, Tenn.” on right
Note: Etching by F.O.C. Darley and W. Ridgway, interesting because they are identical.

“Malvern Hill.”
Note: The site of the battle in a half toned photograph from a book.

The caption below this lithograph reads, “The attack was made by the Rebels under General Breckinridge with 15 regiments and 10 pieces of artillery.” Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1862 August 4
Note

The Union forces consisted of 2500 men and a few pieces of artillery under General Williams. The fight lasted 6 hours when the Rebels were repulsed and forced to retreat. The great rebel iron clad ram gunboat “Arkansas” also approached to co-operate with the rebels but was promptly attacked by the Essex, under Commodore Porter and after a short engagement set on fire and destroyed.”

Lithograph by Currier and Ives.

Colonel William L. Utley at the head of his regiment, the 22nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, crossing the pontoon bridge, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1862 September 22
Note: Lithograph after a sketch by A.E. Matthews of the 31st Ohio Volunteer Army.

View showing pontoon bridge and bridge (extreme left) which was destroyed in 1861. Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia, 1861

"Battle of Antietam."

Site of the Battle of Antietam, the bloody lane, Antietam, Maryland, about 1890

Site of the Battle of Antietam, Burnside Bridge, Antietam, Maryland, about 1890

Site of the Battle of Antietam, Dunker Church, Antietam, Maryland, about 1890

Site of the Battle of Antietam, Hagerstown Pike, Antietam, Maryland, about 1890

Site of the Battle of Antietam, the East Wood, Antietam, Maryland, about 1890

The Siege of Vicksburg, from a painting by Chappel

The Siege of Vicksburg, Vicksburg, Mississippi

Scene from the panoramic painting of "Grants Assault on Vicksburg, McPherson’s Corp in the Afternoon’s Assault."

Interior of a Vicksburg casemate during the siege

The surrender of confederate troops after the battle of Vicksburg, 1863 July 4
Note: Watercolor by Pvt. John Gaddis of the 12th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, Co. E. “Scene near the center of the line of siege, the Rebels have hoisted white flags on their works, the Union troops are forming to march in, and the Rebel troops are marching out to stack their arms." Manuscript notion under the drawing.

Scenes from a panoramic painting of Grant’s Assault on Vicksburg, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, about 1880

Railroad redoubt seen from the north showing the slope where General Grant’s column charged on May 22, 1863 during the siege of Vicksburg, Vicksburg vicinity), about 1900

The famous “Shirley House” or “White House” stands near the Jackson Road between the union and Confederate entrenchments during the siege of Vicksburg, 1863 May 22

Cave in a hillside occupied by the Lewis family during the Civil War siege of Vicksburg, 1863 May 18-July 4

Confederate “Fort Hill” on the south side of Jackson Road where the Confederate entrenchments run southward, Vicksburg (vicinity), Mississippi, 1902
Note: The Siege of Vicksburg lasted from May to July 1863

Surrender Monument, where Generals Grant and Pemberton met to arrange terms for the surrender of Vicksburg, July 3, 1863, Vicksburg, about 1910
Note: 31,600 men, 15 generals, 60,000 muskets and 172 cannons were surrendered to General Grant.

Excerpted from John S. C. Abbott’s History of the Civil War in America

Repulse of Longstreet’s Assault, Gettysburg. Engraving after a painting by James Walker

Key to the painting of the Battle of Gettysburg, "Repulse of Longstreet’s Assault, " 1863 July 3

Spangler’s Spring on the Gettysburg Battlefield, about 1900

The Battle of Gettysburg, after the painting by P.F. Rothermel, 1863

Sketch for the panorama of the Battle of Gettysburg, painted in 1886 by F.W. Heine of Milwaukee

Preliminary detail oil sketch of wounded solider, by F.W. Heine, made for the cyclorama of the battle of Gettysburg

The charge of the 15th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment. Sculpture by Jacob Fjelde

"Charge of the 15th Wisconsin at Chickamauga; death of Colonel Heg"
Note: Lithograph by unidentified artist.

"Battle of Chickamauga," painted by Alfred Thorsen after the lithograph. “Charge of the 15th Wisconsin at Chickamauga; death of Colonel Heg” has also appeared as a title with this depiction.
Note: Miss Emma Gilbert, cousin of the donor, wrote: “My father Lieutenant Nels I.Gilbert and the father of the donor (Ole Christensen) were also members of this same 15th Wisconsin Regiment, an all Norwegian Regiment. My father gave a print of this battle to his nephew E.T. Christensen of Minneapolis and his brother-in-law made this oil painting from it. The artist, Alfred Thorsen, a veteran of World War I, painted the picture around 1925 while a resident of Minneapolis, Minn. Later he moved to Hollywood, Cal, where he made church window designing his life’s work. He died there in the Veteran’s Hospital in Los Angeles and was buried in Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis.

General John H. King’s headquarters while troops under his command occupied the site in 1864-5, Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, 1864
Note

General King did not participate in the Battle of Lookout Mountain, November 23-25, 1863, as he was sick at the time, but the 2nd Brigade, First Division, 14th Army Corps, his regular command, did take part in the engagement. Later, an occupation force, consisting of the 15th, 16th, 18th, and 19th regiments of the U.S. Army regulars, had headquarters here, in conjunction with hospital buildings built during 1864-5. The hospital eventually became the site of the Lookout Mountain Educational Institutions (1866-1872).

Photographer: Robert M. Linn, Point Lookout, Tenn.

View across the Tennessee River toward the city and Cameron hill, showing the military bridge and some Union Army installations put up following the occupation of Chattanooga in September 1863. Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1864
Note: Photographer: Robert M. Linn

Umbrella Rock, Lookout Mountain, Tennessee

Photocopy of a section of the panorama of the Battle of Chattanooga, showing Missionary Ridge, 1863 November 25

A fleet of steamboats used by General Joseph Bailey of the 4th Wisconsin Cavalry in constructing a bridge across the Atchafalaya River at Simmsport, Louisiana in the spring of 1864 to allow the passage of General Banks’ army

The Battle of Atlanta, a section of the cycloramic painting in Grant Park, Atlanta, Georgia, executed by the Milwaukee group of panorama painters working under Wilhelm Wehner in the 1880s, 1864 July 22
Note: The entire painting is 50 feet high and 400 feet in circumference.

The Battle of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, 1864 July 22
Note: This section of the Cyclorama painting shows the fighting at the Hurt House. The Confederates of Manigaults Brigade have captured the Federal position together with the Degress Battery and are attempting to hold same against the counter-assaults of the Federal troops.

The final Charge at Winchester, 1864 September 19

Sheridan’s Ride, an incident of the Battle of Cedar Creek, Virgina, after a painting by Thulstrup, printed by L. Prang and Company, Boston, 1886

Loading supplies, City Point, Virginia, 1864-1865

The siege of Petersburg, from a sketch by James Kiness, Petersburg, Virginia, 1865 April 2-9

"The Fall of Richmond, Virginia, on the night of April 2, 1865."
Note: Lithograph by A. Currier and Ives

The evacuation of Richmond by Confederate troops
Note: Before evacuating, the Confederates set the city afire. The fire burned all night, destroying a large part of the beautiful city. This print was a news picture, copies of which were sold on the streets by the thousands all over the country. Currier and Ives were the news cameramen of their day, and their lithographs of current events were to many people what news reels are today.

The most immediate of the tragic results of the Civil War in Mobile, Alabama was the great explosion of 1865 May 25
Note: Federal soldiers collected and stored large quantities of recently surrendered Confederate ammunition in Mobile cotton warehouses. When the warehouse of Pomeroy and Marshall exploded, only a hold in the ground was left and the sound was heard at Fort Morgan thirty miles away. Careless handling of the ammunition by Negro soldiers was said to be the cause by eye witnesses who had left the scene before the explosion. The total number of persons killed was never determined accurately. Property loss was in excess of $700,000.

Attack upon Roanoke Island-Landing of the Troops, 1861 November
Note: From a painting by Chappel.

Fort McPherson, Natchez (vicinity), Mississippi, about 1865
Note: Built under the direction of Samuel Glyde Swain.

Residence used as headquarters when S.G. Swain (left) was in charge of fortification at Fort McPherson, Natchez (vicinity), Mississippi, about 1865
Note: Photographer: gurney, Natchez

The siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1862-1863

"Battle of Grand Gulf, Mississippi"
Note: A halftone of a lithograph.

"Kearsarge and Alabama: Hauling down the Flag."
Note: A color lithograph published by L. Prang and Co. of Boston in 1887.

"Battle of Mobile Bay."
Note: A color lithograph published by L. Prang and Co. of Boston.

"Capture of Fort Fisher."
Note: A color lithograph published by L. Prang and Co. of Boston.

"Sinking of the Albemarie."
Note: A woodcut of a ram torpedo in use.

A Union ironclad steamship on the Mississippi at Memphis, Tennessee
Note: Photographer: J.W. Taft, Memphis, Tennessee

The Prairie Bird, a small rear-wheel steamship on the Mississippi at Vicksburg, Mississippi
Note: Photographer: D.P. Barr, Vicksburg, Mississippi

United States Civil War, gun boat Fort Hindman, a small sidewheel steamship

View of a sidewheel Union gunboat.
Note: Photographer: A.D. Lytle, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

The steamer Thomas Powell, probably in Southern waters, about 1862-1864

Contemporary drawing of the interior of a prison barracks, Salisbury, North Carolina, 1862 August 8
Note: Quarters of I.D. Cruttenden (Crittenden), Capt. and Assistant Quarter Master of the Wisconsin Infantry Volunteers, and other officers. A note on the back adds: “Major C.B. Penrose died at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, September 18, 1895. We were captured at the same time together, at Strasburg, Virginia, May 25, 1862. Close friends until paroled. We parted at Washington in August 1895. C.B. Penrose was appointed Captain and Commissary in the regular Army at the end of the war." Penrose’s name appears in the names below the picture. The artist remains unknown, but it was probably one of the men in the list below the picture.

Prison for Confederate soldiers, Rock Island, Illinois, 1864

"The Southern Prisons of U.S. Officers: Scenes from life as a prisoner of war, with explanations-sketched by Lieutenant and Top Engineer O.R. Dahl, 15th Wisconsin Infantry, " 1865
Note: Lithograph of 31 scenes of prisons and prison life.

"Officers of the U.S. Army and Navy, Prisoners of War, Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia, "
Note: Decorative lithograph with hundreds of prisoners’ names, scenes from the prison, patriotic motifs, etc.

Photograph of Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia, 1864

Woodcut of Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia, 1861-1865

Photograph of Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia, 1862-1865

Photograph of Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia, about 1864
Note: Photographer: Cook, Richmond, Virginia

Photograph of Libby Prison War Museum, Chicago
Note: Photographer: Reynold’s Photo. Co., Chicago

Photograph of Castle Thunder, a Confederate prison, Richmond, Virginia, about 1864
Note: Photographer: Cook, Richmond, Virginia

Fragment of the Andersonville prison stockade, Andersonville, Georgia, about 1870
Note: Photographer: C.F. Daniels, Macon, Georgia

Andersonville Prison during the Civil War, Andersonville, Georgia, 1863-65
Note: Illustrations from the Report of the Andersonville Monument Commission.

Andersonville Prison during the Civil War, Andersonville, Georgia, 1863-1865
Note: Illustration from Andersonville Story of Southern Prisons by McElroy.

Camp Sumter prison camp, Andersonville, Georgia, 1864

General Grant’s headquarters at Corinth, Mississippi and at Vicksburg, Mississippi
Note: The photographs were taken about 1910 and 1915 respectively.

General Lee’s residence, Richmond, Virginia, about 1864
Note: Photographer: Cook, Richmond, Virginia

Jefferson Davis’ mansion, Richmond, Virginia, about 1864
Note: Photographer: Cook, Richmond, Virginia

Cartoons concerning Jefferson Davis’ attempted “escape” across Georgia in 1865 after the surrender of Lee and Johnston
Note: He dressed in woman’s clothes hoping to reach the Mississippi River and help what forces remained there. He was capture by Federal troops on May 10, 1865 at Irwinville, Georgia and sent to a prison in Virginia where he stood trial for treason and other charges.

Site of the Confederate surrender, Appomattox, Virginia, about 1925
Note: Photographer: Underwood and Underwood

Union troops seen at Lawler Hall which was used as a U.S. military hospital during the Civil War, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, 1864
Note: It was originally the Brisbois Hotel, erected in 1857. After the war John Lawler, who then had the title to it, gave it for use as a beginning for a College of Prairie du Chien, which failed. After that it changed hands until the Jesuits were successful in establishing Campion College in 1880. After 1955 it was abandoned as unsafe.

The old fortifications at Fortress Monroe, built to defend Hampton Roads and the mouth of James River
Note: Here Jefferson Davis was imprisoned from 1865 to 1867.

“Osborne House," a large building, possibly a hotel, next to railroad tracks

Earthwork four miles southwest of the city, used during the Civil War in lightartillery target practices to stop solid shot, Racine (vicinity), Wisconsin, 1927 July
Note: Joseph Cooper is waving the flag.

The General, Western and Atlantic Railroad Company’s engine, which was captured at Big Shanty (now Keenesaw), Georgia, 1862 April 12
Note: Captured by “Andrew’s Raiders” and recaptured after a chase of about ninety miles by W.A. Fuller, conductor, Anthony Murphy, shop foreman of the road, and some members of the Confederate Army. They recaptured it at Ringgold, Georgia The engine was placed on exhibit in the Union Depot at Chattanooga, Tennessee later.

Locomotives taken over and operated by the U.S. Military during the Civil War
Note

The engine at the left is probably the Christopher Adams, built by Rogers in Patterson, NJ in 1853 for the New Orleans, Opelousas and Great Western Railroad and used by the wartime federal authorities on the Memphis and Little Rock Railroad. The engine was familiarly known as the "Kit Adams." Cf. Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, Bulletin 94, p. 59

At right is the Liverpool.

As to location, Charles E. fisher, president of the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society has written: “…until someone can prove to the contrary, I have felt that the picture was taken at Little Rock, Ark."

Paper-wrapped rifle-musket cartridge, about .58 caliber, of the type used in the Civil War, compared with 30-40 U.S. Government rifle cartridges.
Note: Photographer: E.T. Billings, Racine, Wisconsin

Captain George Nobles’ rifle, musket, sword, and sash
Note: Photographer: E.T. Billings, Racine.

Governor Harvey’s pocket knife
Note: Photographer: E.T. Billings, Racine.

Miner’s Guard Flag of Company I, Second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry of the Iron Brigade carried during the Civil War.
Note: The flag was made by Mrs. George Cobb of Mineral Point, Wisconsin and is in the collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin’s museum.

Battle flag of the 20th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry

Confederate battle flag captured at the Battle of Gettysburg by the Wisconsin 6th Regiment, 1863

Flag of the Iron Brigade, an eagle surrounded by the names of battles

Battle flag of Co. F, 2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, the “Belle City Rifles."

Furl that Banner! Furl it sadly, once ten thousand hailed it gladly!"
Note: Color postcard featuring a ragged Confederate battle flag and poem.

“The warrior’s banner takes its fight to greet the warrior’s soul."
Note: An etching of the Confederate States of America flag ascending through a cloud into a starry night.

“Corps Badges of the War of the Rebellion."
Note: Thirty-six Union army corps badges reproduced in color.

Subseries: Pre-war and Wartime Documents
Alternate Format: Some images also available online.

“True Republican 1860 Ticket. For President, Abraham Lincoln. For Vice President, Hannibal Hamlin”

“An ordinance to dissolve the Union between the State of South Carolina and other states united with her under the compact entitled, ‘The Constitution of the United States of American.” Columbia, South Caronlina, 1860 December 17

“Charleston Mercury Extra:…the Union Is dissolved!” Charleston, South Carolina, 1860 December 20

“An ordinance to dissolve the Union between the State of Louisiana and other states united with her under the compact entitled ‘The Constitution of the United States of America.'” Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1861
Note: Elaborate version in English and French with decorative borders.

“An ordinance to dissolve the Union between the State of Louisiana and other states united with her under the compact entitled ‘The Constitution of the United States of America.'” Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1861 January
Note: Plain version in English and French.

“Republic of Georgia. Ordinance of Secession passed on January 19, 1861 with names of the signers.” Milledgeville, Georgia, 1861 January 21
Note: Decorative broadside.

“Warning to Traitors.” Waupun, Wisconsin, 1861 April 21
Note: A threatening handbill warning against treasonable and dangerous utterances, signed by the “Vigilance Committee.”

“Patriots of the St Croix!! The war begun requires all the valor and resources of the country to preserve the honor of our flag, and the Union. You are called upon by the President and Governor to take up arms!!” Hudson, Wisconsin, 1861 April 23
Note: Recruiting Poster.

“Attention! Company!! The Fox River Zouaves! Are requested to meet forthwith to organize and drill preparatory to their being mustered into service.” Berlin, Wisconsin, 1861

“Refryturybgs/Bureau fur das 5. Wisconsin Regiment.” Port Washington, Wisconsin, 1861 November 25
Note: Recruiting poster in German.

“Ho, for the Wars! Nineteenth [Independent] Infantry Reg.! Colonel Saunders. Lieut. Colonel Charles Whipple.” Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1861 December 31
Note: Recruiting poster.

“War Notice! Bounty for Volunteers!” Beverly, Wisconsin, 1862 August 2
Note: Recruiting poster.

“War, War, War!! There will be a grand rally of men, women, and children, at the Congregational Church.” Randolph Center, Vermont, 1862 August 2
Note: Recruiting poster.

“Refruten Berlangt fur das 26. Regiment Wisc. Volunteers!!” Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Note: Recruiting poster in German.

“Notice. The drafting will be continued at two o’clock this afternoon at the Court House.” Port Washington, Wisconsin, 1862 November 14
Note: Recruiting handbill.

“Arouse! Volunteers Wanted!” Grant County, Wisconsin, 1862 July 24
Note: Recruiting poster.

“$30 REWARD will be paid for the arrest and delivery at these Head-quarters of any of the following described drafted men who have failed to report.” Green Bay, Wisconsin, 1864 February 1
Note: List of draft-dodgers issued by the Provost Marshal’s office in Green Bay

“Union Rally.” Beloit, Wisconsin, 1864 September 10
Note: Handbill.

“Extra. The Draft!” Waukesha, Wisconsin, 1864 September 24
Note: Page from the Waukesha Freeman listing draftees from Waukesha, Brookfield, New Berlin, Menomonee, Muskego, Vernon, Genesse, Summit, Delafield, Pewaukee, Ottowa, and Oconomowoc.

“Silent Drill! Arranged for the use of the Ellsworth Zouaves of Chicago.” Chicago, Illinois
Note: Poster with long list of parade ground maneuvers.

“302 Dollars, or 402 Dollars for veterans, will be paid for Volunteers for the 10th Wisconsin Regiment.” Kilbourn City, Wisconsin
Note: Recruiting poster.

“Volunteers! An opportunity is now offered to volunteer in maintaining the Constitution and Laws of our Country.” New Lisbon, Wisconsin
Note: Recruiting poster.

“The Madison Zouaves for the War!” Madison, Wisconsin
Note: Recruiting poster.

“Milwaukee Light Guards. This is to certify that Geo. B. Bingham was on the Thirtieth day of June 1855, duly elected an active member of the Milwaukee Light Guards.” Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1855 June 30

Lucius Fairchild’s commission as captain in the 16th Infantry Regiment. Washington, D.C., 1861 August 5

George W. Noble’s commission as First Sargent in the Wisconsin 2nd Calvary. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1962 February 18

George W. Noble’s Army discharge papers, 1864 January 2

George W. Noble’s commission as First Lieutenant in the 2nd Wisconsin Calvary, 1864 June 8

Andrew Gallup’s commission in the 6th Wisconsin Infantry

John E. Davies’s commission as 2nd Lieutenant in the 21st Wisconsin Infantry, Co. K. Madison, Wisconsin, 1865 January 30

“Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon, Foot of Washington Street, Philadelphia.” Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Note: Photograph of the façade and explanatory text about the work of the Saloon and Saloon Hospital in giving aid to Union Soldiers.

Woodcut of an office of Soldiers’ Aid Society during the Civil War

“The Volunteer’s Vision”
Note: A sentimental lithograph showing how the warrior dreams of his family even as he drinks with his comrades in camp.

“Proclamation. To the Inhabitants of Kentucky! Fellow Countrymen—I have kept my promise.” Kentucky, 1862 August 22
Note: A call to arms issued by Confederate Colonel John H. Morgan, asserting that the Confederacy is willing the war. He mentions George B. McClellan, Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson, Nathaniel P. Banks, John circa Fremont, Ambrose E. Burnside, Braxton Bragg, Don Carlos Buell, Benjamin F. Butler, and Nathan B, Forrest.

“General Order. Head Quarters Department of Western Virginia.” Charleston, Virginia, 1862 September 14
Note: Proclamation of amnesty by Confederate Major General Loring, offering “Christian charity” to citizens who have been armed by the Union if they surrender their arms.

“General Order. Head Quarters, Department of Western Virginia.” Charleston, Virginia, 1862 September 24
Note: A proclamation by Confederate Major General Loring asserting the soundness of Confederate currency and encouraging citizens to use it in trade and accept it in payment for Confederate Army supplies.

“Statistics of the Civil War. Carefully compiled from the most authentic sources by Comrade Richard F. Barrett.” , 1892
Note: 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.

“Kewaunee County Men in the Civil War. The official record of the men who served and were credited to Kewaunee County in the War of the Rebellion. Compiled by George W. Wing.” Kewaunee, Wisconsin
Note: A poster with a list of names arranged by military unit.

“Fond du Lac Badger Boys, of the 1st Regiment, State of Wisconsin.” Madison, Wisconsin
Note: A hand drawn poster produced by S.W Martin’s Writing Academy of Madison listing the officers and men of the 1st Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, Co. K.

“Wisconsin Hussars Squadron G, 1st Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Calvary.” St. Louis, Missouri, 1862
Note: Lithograph poster listing the officers and men of the 1st Wisconsin Calvary, Co. G.

“Miller Badger Boys, Company G. 2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry.” St. Louis, Missouri, 1862
Note: Lithographed poster listing officers and men, most notably Colonel Cadwallader circa Washburn.

“Richland Co. Scott Guard of the 5th Regiment.” Madison, Wisconsin
Note: Civil War era photograph of a hand drawn poster (“executed with a steel pen, S.W. Martin’s Writing Academy, Madison, Wisconsin”) listing the officers and men of Company H.

“Stoughton Light Guard, of the 7th Regiment.” Madison, Wisconsin
Note: Hand drawn poster (S.W. Martin) listing the officers and men of Company D.

“Harvey Zouaves of the 11th Regiment.” Madison, Wisconsin
Note: Hand drawn posters (S.W. Martin) listing the officers and men of Company F.

“Kickapoo Rangers of the 12th Regiment.” Madison, Wisconsin
Note: Hand drawn poster (S.W. Martin) of the officers and men of Company K.

“Larrabee Guards, Company K, 24th Wisconsin Volunteer Regiment.” Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1862
Note: Lithographed roster by Lipman of Milwaukee.

“Martin’s Regiment. Roster of the 31st Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers.” Wisconsin, 1863
Note: Lithographed roster.

“3rd Regiment Excelsior Brigade, Company G, 72nd Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry.” New York, 1861
Note: Printer’s proof of roster on waste paper.

“Company A of the 112th Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry”
Note: Printer’s proof of roster on waste paper.

“Epitome of the 37th Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers by R.N. Rodgers, Co. E.” New York, New York, 1864 October 25
Note: Poster of statistics and history of the regiment.

“Sherman, Atlanta”
Note: Pen and ink memento of General William T. Sherman’s campaign at Atlanta, Georgia, with pieces of a Union flag attached.

“Conditions of Peace required of the so-called Seceded States.” New York, New York, 1861 April 24
Note: An agitation poster listing eight requirements, including the hanging of “one hundred arch traitors,” permanent disenfranchisement and confiscation of property of all traitors, and the abolition of slavery.

“Gettysburg Address.” , 1863 November 19
Note: The text of the famous speech by Abraham Lincoln with his photograph.

“Facsimile of the Emancipation Proclamation”
Note: A facsimile of the handwritten document by Abraham Lincoln, with additional decorations, published for the benefit of the United States Sanitary Commission.

“The Great Event of the Age! Negro Emancipation Proclaimed!” , 1863
Note: Poster with decorative boarder of the text of the Emancipation Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln.

“Anti-slavery Constitutional Amendment Picture. Key to Powell & Co’s Photographs of Abraham Lincoln, Hannibal Hamlin, and of the Senators and Representatives who voted ‘Aye.'” New York, New York, 1865
Note: Key to a composite photograph of the supporters of the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution.

“Received on Deposit Ten Cents; payable in Confederate Notes, when presented in sums of 10, 20, or 50 dollars.” Bellefont, Arkansas, 1862 August 20
Note: Confederate wildcat money used during the Civil War.

“Officer of Receiver of Commutation Money.” Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1863 November 23
Note: A receipt made out to Abraham Gilman for the $300 he paid to avoid military service.

“Confederate States of America”
Note: Poster of Confederate currency, one $1000 and sixty $30 bills.

“Propositions to the armed bands now in arms against the government of the United States in Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Cass, Pettis and Bates Counties, in the state of Missouri.” Kansas City, Missouri, 1861 November 26
Note: Printed handbill with annotations of Colonel C.R. Jennison, concerning an offer of amnesty to local rebels.

“Note of Preparation for the Army.” Chicago, Illinois, 1863
Note: Handbill issues by E.B. McCagg, President of the N.W. Sanitary Commission, urging citizen to plan potatoes and onions and put up dried fruit, pickles and sauerkraut to be used by soldiers.

“The Voice of the Clergy.” Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1863 September
Note: A poster consisting of a statement of protest against the pro-slavery views of John Henry Hopkins, Bishop of the Diocese of Vermont, subscribed to by the Episcopal clergy of Philadelphia.

“Sherman’s Portable Fortification and Breast Work!”
Note: An advertising poster for military merchandise.

“The Nation’s Peacemakers”
Note: Large poster of William T. Sherman, Ulysses S. Grant, and Philip H. Sheridan, designed and drawn in pencil by H.J. Saw.

“Convention of Secessionists after the War”
Note: A layout of caricatures and cartoons printed during the Civil War, probably excerpted from a popular magazine of the period.

“Died, while defending their country’s flag, at Stone Bridge, Virginia, Sunday, July 21st, 1861. William H. Upham, Charles filer, Henry E. Benson, Marion circa Humes.” 1861
Note: A newspaper clipping of a funeral notice for four members of the Belle City Rifles.

“Speech of Hon. IthaMarch circa Sloan of Wisconsin on the Right of Representation and Taxation, delivered in the House of Representatives, January 23rd, 1865”
Note: Drawing on paper with lacy edging. The large script of the sheet is composed of a running miniature script, no doubt the contents of the actual speech. Drawn by David Davidson of New York, New York.

Subseries: Post-war documents, Veteran's Organizations and Meetings
Alternate Format: Some images also available online.

“Veteran Soldiers of the Civil War 61-65”
Note: Colored and embossed postcard with American flag and infantryman's equipment and the verse: “And foremost still among the free/Their spirits shall by His decree/Lead on through all Eternity.”

Top: “Nor shall their story be forgot, While Fame her record keeps. 1861-1865”
Note: Colored and embossed postcard of Union Soldiers on parade with banner.

Bottom: “While above them floats “Old Glory, Boon to all the world oppressed. 1861-1865”
Note: Colored and embossed postcard of Union soldiers parading through a cemetery.

“Soldiers' Home Festival, at Union Hall.” Beloit, Wisconsin, 1865 June 23
Note: Handbill advertising an entertainment featuring the Beloit Orchestra, vocal music, and a revolving tableaux, “the proceeds to go toward building a home for wounded and disabled Wisconsin Soldiers.”

“Application for admission to the Soldiers' Orphans' Home, at Madison, Wisconsin.” Madison, Wisconsin, circa 1870
Note: A blank form used to enter children into the home.

Two unidentified Civil War veterans as Soldiers' Home with portraits of Lincoln, a Milwaukee News and Milwaukee Sentinel photograph, 1938 December 23

“No. 15. Volcano Trading Post and Museum.” Volcano, California, circa 1961
Note: Photographic postcard featuring “Old Abe,” a Civil War cannon, “smuggled into Volcano in a coffin in 1863” to keep “the Mother Lode in Yankee hands and gold flowing to the Northern Army.”

“Photographic History: The War for the Union”
Note: Stereograph of Union soldiers in front of a dealer in slaves. Part of E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. series of Civil War stereographs.

A stereograph of the great Union meeting on Union Square. New York, New York, 1861 April 20
Note: From the E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. series.

Remains of Abraham Lincoln laying in state Monument Square and Pavilion. Cleveland, Ohio, 1865
Note: Lincoln's body is on its way from Washington, D.C. to Springfield, Illinois.

“The United States Volunteer Service. The President's thanks and certificate of honorable service.” , 1864 December 15
Note: US Army discharge papers signed by Abraham Lincoln.

“Coliseum. National Peace Jubilee.” Boston, Massachusetts, 1869 June 15-19
Note: A lithograph of a fair building.

Group photograph of 14 Civil War veterans who compiled the Roster of Wisconsin volunteers for the Wisconsin Adjutant General's Office in the late 1880s, with signatures. Madison, Wisconsin, circa 1880

Group photograph of 18 officials and employees in the Wisconsin State Administration who made up Governor Jeremiah M. Rusk's “one-armed and one-legged” staff of war veterans. Madison, Wisconsin, circa 1888

“Company F, 14th Regiment Wisconsin Infantry.” Madison, Wisconsin
Note: Elaborate lithographed roster featuring military scenes from the battle to the cemetery.

“Company C, 19th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry.” 1900 January 1
Note: Hand drawn steel pen roster by Calvin E. Morley.

“Military Memorial”
Note: An elaborate lithograph with statistics, leaders, and scenes from the Civil War and blanks to be filled in with details of an individual soldier's record, in this case, Wolfgang Frederick.

“Military Memorial”
Note: An elaborate lithograph with statistics, leaders, and scenes from the Civil War and blanks to be filled in with the details on an individual soldier's record.

“Supplement: the hotel register, New York, November 28th commemorating the anniversary of the opening of the Plaza Hotel and the dinner to the Comte de Paris.” New York, New York, circa 1890
Note: Composite photograph of a reunion banquet of the Army of the Potomac, with important wartime generals identified, including Lucius Fairchild.

“Society of the Army of the Potomac”
Note: Certificate of membership for Lucius Fairchild.

“Society of the army of Tennessee.” , 1872 July 10
Note: Certificate of membership for George E. Bryant.

“General Samuel Fallows, Society of the Army of the Tennessee”
Note: Union veterans' organization emblem.

“In the mane and by the authority of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States”
Note: Certificate of membership for J.W. Oakley

“Birthplace of the Grand Army of the Republic.” Decatur, Illinois, circa 1915
Note: Historic site marker commemorating the founding of the organization by Dr. Benjamin F. Stephenson on April 6, 1866.

“Founder of and Commanders in Chief of the G.A.R. Prepared by H.A. Lorberg, Portsmouth, O. USA”
Note: Decorative display of photographs of G.A.R. notables.

Left: “Past Commanders in Chief, G.A.R.”
Note: George S. Merrill, William Earnshaw, John F. Hartranft, Louis Wagner, Paul Van Der Voort, Robert B. Beath, an S.A. Hurlbut.

Right: “Past Commanders in Chief, G.A.R.”
Note: Lucius Fairchild, Charles Devens, J.G. Robinson, Ambrose E. Burnside, John A. Logan, John P. Rea, and John S. Kountz.

“Commanders in Chief-G.A.R.”
Note: Decorative poster of G.A.R. founder Benjamin F. Stevenson and commanders: George S. Merrill, William Earnshaw, John F. Hartranft, Louis Wagner, Paul Van Der Voort, Robert B. Beath, S.A. Hurlburt, Lucius Fairchild, Charles Devens, J.G. Robinson, Ambrose E. Burnside, John A. Logan, John P. Rea, John S. Kountz, and S.S. Burdett.

“Grand Army of the Republic. To whom it may concern greeting.” San Francisco, California, 1886 August 6
Note: Certificate of Lucius Fairchild's election as commander in chief of the G.A.R.

“Grand Army of the Republic. To whom it may concern greeting.” San Francisco, California, 1886 August 6
Note: Certificate of Lucius Fairchild's election as commander in chief of the G.A.R.

Unidentified group including General Lucius Fairchild (center front)

“Comrades Attention! Your old commander Gen. Fairchild the one-armed veteran, the hero of Gettysburg!” Wautoma, Wisconsin, 1890 October 29
Note: Poster announcing speech by Lucius Fairchild.

“Memorial and Resolution adopted by the 30th National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic … in Memoriam” St. Paul, Minnesota, 1896 September 4
Note: G.A.R. memorial certificate for Lucius Fairchild.

“Grand Army of the Republic Department of Wisconsin, to comrade F.W. Oakley greeting.” Madison, Wisconsin, 1886
Note: G.A.R. certificate of appointment as aide-de-camp.

“Grand Army of the Republic, to all unto whom these presents come, greeting.” Waukesha, Wisconsin, 1882 March 19
Note: G.A.R. membership certificates for 34 members.

“Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Wisconsin, Cassius Fairchild Post. No. 1, resolutions.” 1875
Note: G.A.R. certificate honoring Lucius Fairchild's appointment as US consul in Liverpool, England.

“Grand Army to the Republic, Department of Wisconsin, to comrade G.W Webb, greeting.” Madison, Wisconsin, 1901 November 14
Note: G.A.R. certificate of appointment as aide-de-camp.

“Grand Army to the Republic, Department of Wisconsin, to comrade Geo. W. Webb, greeting.” Madison, Wisconsin, 1902 September 20
Note: G.A.R. certificate to appointment as assistant inspector.

“Real Bronze Grand Army Emblem.” Dayton, Ohio
Note: Advertising card with photograph and description of large, heavy, and expensive G.A.R. emblem “for monuments and wall ornament.”

Headquarters of the Grand Army of the Republic, Washington, D.C., 1885
Note: G.A.R. office and reception room with lavish wall decorations.

Reception headquarters of the George H. Thomas Post No. 2 in the Alcazar Theatre during the G.A.R.s 20th National Encampment, San Francisco, California, 1886 August
Note: A photograph of a lavishly decorated sitting room with many potted plants and floral displays.

Cutler Post, Grand Army of the Republic, Wausau, Wisconsin, circa 1900
Note: Large group of Union veterans in front of a monument with the old Marathon County Jail behind them. Individuals are identified in Lot 3-2301.

Grand Army of the Republic, Jairus Richardson Post No. 12, meeting at the Methodist Church, Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, 1901 May 25
Note: Left to right: Charles Herman, Charles Meyelia, and W. Burgess.

Wolcott Post of the Grand Army of the Republic, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, circa 1910
Note: Photograph of a large group of Union veterans indoors.

Lucius Fairchild Post of the G.A.R., Madison, Wisconsin, 1910 May 30
Note: Large group of Union veterans lined up along the edge of the street, as if to view a parade. They are in front of an Elks Lodge. The third man from the left, in the light colored hat, is Charles Olson.

“Presented to the State by Harrison Post No. 91, Deptartment of Wisconsin.” 1896
Note: Composite photograph of G.A.R. post members.

“John H. Williams Post No. 4, Grand Army of the Republic.” Berlin, Wisconsin, 1931 February 16
Note: Frank D. Murdock, Alexander Parsons, William Eldred, Henry L. Marsh, and George W. Morton, the last five members of the post, posed with a certificate including the post's original charter.

Composite drawing and photograph depicting “Doc” Aubrey, newsboy of the Iron Brigade, delivering papers to the camp, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1880 June
Note: Evidently made for the Iron Brigade reunion in Milwaukee in 1880.

Left: “18th Annual National Encampment, of G.A.R.,… there remain unsold about 200 wall tents.” Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1884 July 23
Note: Advertising handbill offering nearly-new tents for sale.

Right: Unidentified photograph of a large G.A.R. encampment showing tents, carriages, and a large American flag

“National Encampment G.A.R., Boston 1890”
Note: Large commemorative composite photograph of hundreds of men and women attending the National Encampment. A decorative border of Union commanders and battle scenes surrounds the image.

“Banquet Hall, 28th Encampment G.A.R., Pittsburg, 1894”
Note: A stereograph published by E.W. Kelley of Chicago showing an interior with long tables set up for a meal.

Union veterans stand near a war memorial in a square in downtown Racine, Wisconsin, circa 1914

“G.A.R. encampment, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, June 12-14, 1922”
Note: A banquet photograph of Union veterans standing on the steps before a building.

Top: Union veterans marching on a downtown street in a parade during a state encampment, Janesville, Wisconsin, 1924

Bottom: Union veterans, some holding a banner reading “Iron Brigade,” marching on a downtown street in a parade during a state encampment, Janesville, Wisconsin, 1924

A photograph of veterans of the 36th Wisconsin Regiment posed on the steps of the Wisconsin State Capital in the late 1870s, Madison, Wisconsin, circa 1878
Note: Some of the men hold drums and flags.

A photograph of veterans and wives of the 16th and possibly the 12th Wisconsin volunteer infantry posed on the steps of the Wisconsin State Capitol, Madison, Wisconsin, 1887 September 7-8
Note: This was their first reunion.

Members of Co. F of the 16th Wisconsin Volunteer and some family members posed on the steps of the Wisconsin State Capitol during a reunion, Madison, Wisconsin, 1888 September 26-27
Note: In the front row center is Colonel Reynolds holding a cane. The second man to his left is James G. Wray. Immediately behind Reynolds is Charles M. Smith with his son Frederick. To Charles Smith's left is J.R. West. On the extreme left of the photograph, fourth row back, is Dick Adams of Beloit. The woman to his left is Mrs. Charles Smith. On her left are Will Wray and Glen Wray. Just behind Glen is his sister Hannah, and to her left is Mrs. Wray.

Members of the 11th Wisconsin Volunteers and some family members posed on the steps of what appears to be the old Milwaukee County Court house during a reunion, circa 1895

Studio portrait of veterans gathered for a G.A.R. reunion, Wisconsin, circa 1890
Note: Colonel Rollin M. Strong, 19th Wisconsin Volunteers, is seated center front.

“Reunion of survivors of the 11th Wisconsin Veteran Volunteer Infantry, July 3-5, 1907, Madison, Wisconsin”
Note: A group of 143 veterans and their families posed on the Wisconsin State Capitol steps with complete identifications.

Grant County members of the G.A.R. posed outdoors during a reunion, circa 1900

An indoor group portrait of veterans of the 22nd Regiment, Wisconsin, Volunteer Infantry, Racine, Wisconsin, 1914 September 2

A group of veterans is posed in the Lancaster city square during a reunion, 1928 June

G.A.R. members left to right: Lansing A. Wilcox, Ansel Gailsburg (?), Elmer (?) Sorkness (in wheelchair) and Balthasar Regli, Wisconsin, circa 1935

Twenty members of the G.A.R. are gathered on the stops of the Wisconsin State Capitol during a reunion, 1937 September 7

Seven G.A.R. members are posed around a field cannon displaying the equipment used by a gun crew, circa 1890

A studio portrait of 11 veterans of the 2nd Wisconsin, Infantry, Wisconsin

“Reunion of the army of the Cumberland at Milwaukee—from a sketch by Theo R. Davis.” Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Note: An etching showing aged and infirm veterans greeting each other with the National Soldiers Home in the background.

A Bort, Bailey & Company store window display featuring rifles, swords, a stuffed eagle, and portraits of Lincoln and Union commanders on the occasion of a veterans reunion, Beloit, Wisconsin, 1895

A large group of veterans of the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry lines up in a city street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1880 June 10

Veterans of Company I, 29th Wisconsin Infantry at G.A.R. reunion, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1887

Veterans and their families posed during a reunion of the Iron Brigade, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, circa 1890

Reunion of Company F, 16th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, held at the farm of George W. Dibble in Rock County, Center, Wisconsin, 1890 June 18
Note: Back row, left to right: Mr. Dibble, Glen Wray, unidentified, David A. Adams, Louis O. Kohltz, James R. West, Charles M. Smith (secretary of the regiment), the next five men are unidentified, then James G. Wray (bearded), and the rest unidentified. Seated: Mrs. Charles Smith (fifth from left) and Mrs. J.G. Wray (seventh). Seated on the ground, from left to right: Frederick Smith, Arch. Wray, Edward Wray, Charles Wray, Martha Smith, unidentified, Hannah Wray, two unidentified, and Will Wray.

A reunion of the Iron Brigade and the veteran's families at Devil's Lake, Wisconsin, 1896 September 16-17

Reunion of Company E of the 12th Wisconsin Volunteers, Delton, Wisconsin, 1899
Note: H.H. Bennet is standing in the second row at the extreme right end.

50th annual reunion of the 26th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, 1912

Veterans and wives posed during a reunion, Janesville, Wisconsin, 1908
Note: Those identified are: 5) Mr. Buschner, 9) Captain J.W. Hinkley of Co. E of the 3rd Wisconsin Infantry, 19) Dr. Osborn, 28) Mr. Schulte, 20) Colonel G.W. Stevenson of Companies F and S of the 3rd Wisconsin Infantry.

Reunion of Company K of the 8th Wisconsin Infantry held on the Trautwein farm, Racine, Wisconsin, 1913 August 28
Note: The hosts of this even were Mr. and Mrs. A.Y. Weissert.

Reunion of Company K of the 8th Wisconsin Infantry held on the Trautwein farm, Racine, Wisconsin, 1913 August 28
Note: The hosts of this even were Mr. and Mrs. A.Y. Weissert.

Veterans of the 3rd Wisconsin Infantry and some family members posed in front of the Beloit Public Library, Beloit, Wisconsin, circa 1915

A large group of Sauk County veterans posed outdoors, Sauk County, Wisconsin, circa 1915

Chapel at Washington and Lee University containing the tomb of Robert E. Lee. Lexington, Virginia, circa 1880

“The House Jeff Built.” Warren County, Mississippi, circa 1870
Note: Brierfield, a plantation bought by Jefferson Davis in 1835. After the war he bought Beauvoir, a home on the Gulf of Mexico west of Buloxi, Mississippi, but he retained the plantation.

Jefferson Davis on the porch of his residence, Beauvoir, Mississippi, 1883

A reunion of former members of Quantrell's Band
Note: An unorganized group of Confederate sympathizers who, during the Civil War, conducted raids, mainly in Missouri. Certain Members of this group after the war became notorious outlaws.

Reunion of Confederate Veterans, Richmond, Virginia, 1907
Note: Held in Richmond in May-June 1907 for purpose of participating in the exercises incident to the unveiling of the Jeb Stuart and Jefferson Davis monuments. There was an arrangement and costuming of 600 school children in the form and colors of the Confederate battle flag. The children occupied a stand within the Lee Monument enclosure and aroused the great enthusiasm by their singing of “Dixie” and other Southern airs.

National Confederate Reunion at Washington, D.C., circa 1917
Note: Photographer: American Press Association

Installing of the US Government National Monument at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, circa 1869
Note

The corner stone was laid July 4, 1865 and the formal dedication ceremony took place July 1, 1869. Lucius and F.N. Fairchild are at the right with “Vice President Ferry (?) and mother and sister (?) next.” There was a T.W. Ferry of Michigan who was on the official committee of the Soldiers' National Cemetery, although he was not officially listed as vice president. This is evidently not the dedication ceremony which was an elaborate affair attended by thousands of people, but more likely a semi-official visit by Fairchild.

Photographer: Tipton & Meyers, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

Little Round Top, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, circa May 1887
Note: Members of the Wisconsin commission to locate monuments of the Civil War battlefield at Gettysburg. The commission, appointed by Governor J.M. Rusk, was to locate one monument to every Wisconsin regiment that fought there on July 1-3, 1863. These were the 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th and 26th Infantry and Company G, Berdan's Sharpshooters. Identification according to uncropped variant of this image in the Wisconsin Veterans' Museum: Governor J.M. Rusk, Senator Sawyer, General Lucius Fairchild, Congressman Charles Clark, General T.S. Allen, Captain Henry Sandford, General H. Richardson.

“This is to certify that Lucius Fairchild was a director of the Gettysburg Battle field Memorial Association.” , 1895
Note: A certificate decorated with picture of Lincoln and two other Union leaders and battlefield scenes.

Broadside listing regimental functions at the Gettysburg reunion of Union veterans, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 1913 July 1-4
Note: “Reunions, Great Tent…Reservation Space in the Great Tent for reunions, on dates shown, have been made, as follows, of which are all associations and organizations interested are requested to take due notice.”

A program of events for the reunion of Union and Confederate veterans, including prayers, music, speeches, and fireworks, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 1913 July 1-4
Note: “50th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg Commission.”

“50th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, Wisconsin Identification Certificate.” Madison, Wisconsin, 1913 June 25
Note: This certifies that Albert T. Lamson who enlisted in Co. G, 104 New York Volunteers Infantry, October 23, 1861, is entitled to quarters and rations in, and all courtesies of, the Camp during the Gettysburg Reunion Celebration, July 1-4, 1913.

“Office of Chief Quartermaster, 50th Anniversary Battle of Gettysburg.” Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 1913

“Iron Brigade, July 1, 1836.” Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Note: The Iron Brigade monument erected at the Gettysburg Battlefield.

A stereograph of a monument in Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Monument dedicated to the commands who participated in the repulse of Longstreet's assault, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, circa 1890
Note: Photographer: W.H. Tipton, Gettysburg

An advertising poster displaying 18 models of battlefield monuments
Note: “Gettysburg Battlefield memorials designed and executed by the Smith Granite Co.”

Information about eight photographs detailing the seven Wisconsin monuments erected at the Gettysburg battlefield and the commission that placed them there
Note: “Wisconsin Monuments at Gettysburg. Wisconsin Cherishes the Memory of Her Brave Sons.”

A crowd of veterans and their wives gathered for the dedication of the Camp Randall Memorial Arch, Madison, Wisconsin, 1912 June 19

Reunion of the G.A.R. at Camp Randall, Madison, Wisconsin, 1937 September 7
Note: Members of the 15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry (the mostly Scandinavian unit commanded by Colonel Hans Heg). Front row, left to right: Anon Kjelsvik (Blanchardville), Lieutenant Nils Gilbert (Eleva), S.A. Anderson (Dawson, Minnesota), Otto Steen (youngest man of the regiment enlisting at 16), Capt. Joseph Mathisen (Evansville, Minnesota, the regiments only Danish officer), A.A. Tofte, Lewis Rolfson, and the Hon. Oley Nelson (President of the Scandinavian Veterans Association).

Advertising circular for a book by albert Bernhardt Faust featuring a picture of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, a huge monument standing in downtown Indianapolis designed by Bruno Schmitz, Indianapolis, Indiana, circa 1910
Note: “The German Element in the United States.”

Two postcards of the State Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, dedicated to Indiana's Civil War fighting men, Indianapolis, Indiana, circa 1910

Confederate veterans at the “Vicksburg Surrender Monument” on the occasion of decoration Union Soldiers' grave, Vicksburg (vicinity), Mississippi, 1902 April

National Cemetery, Vicksburg, Mississippi, circa 1900

Thomas Jonathan Jackson monument and statue, Lexington, Virginia, circa 1880-1890

National Cemetery, Andersonville, Georgia, circa 1888

Monument to Confederate dead, Richmond, Virginia, circa 1864
Note: Photographer: Cook, Richmond, Virginia.

Color postcard featuring an equestrian statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, Richmond, Virginia

Stonewall Jackson statue, Richmond, Virginia, circa 1870
Note: Photographer: Cook, Richmond, Virginia.

A monument dedicated to the 36th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, Companies B, E, F, and G., Richmond, Virginia, circa 1915-1920
Note

The inscription reads: “This monument has been erected by one of their comrades, Charles A. Storke, in memory of the members of Companies B, E, F, and G of the 36th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry who fought here the first day of June, 1864.” These companies were part of the great Army of the Potomac, who fought the Battle of Totopotomy (Bethesda Church) on June 1, 1864. These found companies, under Capt. Warner, were the right flank skirmishers in a charge that took place at four o'clock in the afternoon. Of the 240 men of the 36th Regiment in this charge, 140-50 were killed, wounded, or taken prisoners.

C.A. Storke of Co. G was taken prisoner and sent to Andersonville.

Confederate memorial during the carving, Atlanta, Georgia, circa 1929
Note: The portrait is of General Lee. When the horse, “Traveler,” is complete the two figures will be 165 feet high.

Photographic postcard of a representative G.A.R. hall with a mortar and balls in front and a large American flag flying from the roof, Peoria, Illinois

Union soldiers monument, Decorah, Iowa, circa 1890
Note: Photographer : A.W. Adams, Decorah, Iowa.

Illustrated letterhead with an illustration of a soldier on guard duty in camp and the names of the association's officers, Racine, Wisconsin, circa 1880

Equestrian statue of the Confederate general, General Albert Sydney Johnson, in the St. Louis Cemetery in New Orleans, Louisiana

Color postcard of a small town Union memorial, Tiffin, Ohio

John and Helen Rice of Waterford, Wisconsin, posing by a Civil War monument, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1890-1900
Note: He was a captain of Company C of the 15th Wisconsin Regiment.

Subseries: “Old Abe” Wisconsin's Civil War Eagle
Alternate Format: Some images also available online.

Article titled “The Eagle and the Iron Men” from “The National Guardsman” by K.W. Bennet giving a four page history of Old Abe’s career, 1957 May

“Old Abe: the Battle Eagle.” A six ages history of Old Abe’s career written by Tracy H. Marsh

“Old Abe, the Wisconsin War Eagle,” circa 1880
Note: Unidentified newspaper clippings concerning the eagle and his battle records.

“Member’s Choice.” , 1981
Note: A stereograph of Old Abe reproduced with a description in Vol. 7, No. 6,of “Stereo World,” the journal of the National Stereoscopic Association.

“War Eagle Old Abe”
Note: A design for a decorative shield for Co. C of the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry “executed on the principle of Reynold’s Escutcheons of Military and Naval Service.

Cabinet card photograph of Old Abe posed on top of an American Flag with a small New Testament by his feet, Hillsboro, North Dakota

Photostat of a leaflet encouraging children to sell pictures of Old Abe to raise funds for sick and wounded Union soldiers in connection with the Northwestern Sanitary Fair to be held in Chicago in May 1865, Chicago, Illinois, 1865 April
Note: The children would earn ranks from corporal to major general depending upon how many pictures they sold.

Color postcard, Madison, Wisconsin
Note: “Old Abe, the Civil War ‘Veteran’ of Wisconsin carried, perched upon a banner through the din and smoke of 36 battles.”

Wood engraving of old Abe by Melville

Photographic copy of an illustration of Old Abe “8th Wisconsin’s Famous War-Eagle, 1861-5. ‘Old Abe.'”

Photograph of a marker placed by the D.A.R. on the Chippewa River in Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Illustration for a publication of Old Abe, wings out-stretched, and an American Flag

Ahgamahwegezhig (Chief Sky), American Indian captor of Old Abe, Wisconsin’s war eagle

The Eagle House in Chippewa County where Old Abe, the Civil War eagle mascot, was kept after his capture as a wild young bird, Chippewa County, Wisconsin

An actual feather, thought to have belonged to Old Abe
Note: It was found at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin among unsorted materials in an envelope inscribed “Old Abe’s feather forHelen.”

“The Eagle House.” Color postcard, Holcome, Wisconsin, 1911
Note: “It was in this house the Daniel McCann kept ‘Old Abe’ the war eagle, that later followed the fortunes of the 8th Wisconsin Volunteers through the Civil War.”

Photograph of Old Abe, Madison, Wisconsin, 1861 September
Note: Photographer: J.S. Fuller of Madison when the 8th Wisconsin Regiment was being mustered-in. At this time, the eagle was about 11 months old.

A carte de visite photograph of Old Abe
Note: Photographer: J.S. Fuller of Madison when the 8th Wisconsin Regiment was being mustered-in. At this time, the eagle was about 11 months old. The carte has a souvenir feather glued to its back.

Woodcut sketched by A.W. Grippen from “New York Illustrated News” showing Old Abe on a perch surrounded by soldiers and citizens, 1861 October 14

Old Abe and the color guard of the 8th Wisconsin Regiment in a photograph taken by an unidentified Southern photographer shortly after the surrender of Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1863 July
Note: Edward Homaston is probably holding the eagle’s stand. The man standing third from the left is identified as Armitage, who later became eagle bearer.

Photographic copy of a painting by C.L. Richman based upon a photograph taken shortly after the surrender of Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1863 July
Note: Edward Homaston of Eau Claire holds Old Abe’s perch and is surrounded by the color guard of the 8th Wisconsin Regiment.

Original tintype of Old Abe, the eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Regiment during the Civil War

Charcoal drawing of Old Abe, the eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Regiment during the Civil War

“Old Abe,” eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Regiment, looking much like the “Yankee Buzzard” his enemies referred to him, Black River Falls, Wisconsin, 1863 June
Note

This picture was taken in a camp on the Big Black River in June 1863. All that remained of the shield was the perch, following a fall by its carrier during a skirmish. With meager facilities in camp. The members of Company C built the one picture.

Photographer: John J. Putney, Racine, Wisconsin.

“Old Abe,” eagle mascot of the 8th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. Madison, Wisconsin, 1865 April
Note

Photographer: James F. Bodtker, Madison, Wisconsin.

Bodtker on this occasion attempted to photograph Old Abe by taking him to the roof in order to use the brightest light; but the eagle, sensing freedom, started to fly away and was nearly killed by the abrupt jerk when he reached the end of is short chain. The photograph was taken later in Bodtker’s studio and is sometimes referred to as the “sanitary” photograph of the bird since it was made for sale at the Northwest Sanitary Fair for the benefit of disabled soldiers, held in Chicago 1865.

“Old Abe,” eagle mascot of the 8th Regiment, 1865 or 1870
Note

Popular cards sold in great quantities as benefit items ($9 per 100), so great was this bird’s fame.

Left: Lithograph by L. Lipman, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, after a photograph by Curtiss “sold for the benefit of the Permanent Soldiers’ Home at Milwaukee” by Mrs. H.C. Crocker.

Center: Republished by Ella E. Gibson for the benefit of Charles Russell Lowell Encampment, Post 7, G.A.R., at their fair, March 1, 1870. Right: Published by Alfred L. Sewell, Dunlap, Sewell & Spaulding, Chicago, from a petrography made in March 1865.

“Old Abe,” offset lithograph of a painting of Old Abe

“Old Abe,” eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Regiment

Anonymous oil painting on canvas of Old Abe, the Civil War eagle, mascot of the 8th Infantry Regiment of Wisconsin Volunteers, circa 1868
Note: The painting has been associated with the McCann family as far back its history is known. The McCanns were in some way associated with the original bird, its capture and preservation when later stuffed according to Mrs. Edward Santrucek, nee McCann; Mrs. Santrucek’s mother took it to Spokane, WA with her and it hung in the armory there for many years. When Mr., Santrucek returned to Wisconsin, she brought the painting back with her and donated it to the State Historical Society of Wisconsin in 1958.

“Old Abe,” eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Regiment
Note: From a painting by Alonzo Chappel.

Composite paste-up intended to represent “Old Abe,” eagle mascot of the 8thWisconsin Regiment in the Civil War with his bearer
Note: At the Northwest Sanitary Fair in Chicago, 1865, the bearer was John F. Hill. This artificial picture, however, consists of a cut-out of the eagle superimposed on a wood engraving of the figures.

“Old Abe,” the eagle mascot of Company C, 8th Wisconsin Regiment (the Eau Claire Eagles), 1864-1865
Note: Chromolithograph published and sold by S. W. Martin, Madison, Wisconsin.

“Old Abe,” the eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Regiment. Benton Barracks, St. Louis, circa 1870
Note: Photographer: E. Long, Benton Barracks, St. Louis.

“Old Abe,” the eagle mascot of the 8th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, circa 1870

“Old Abe,” the eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Regiment. Madison, Wisconsin, circa 1875
Note: Photographer: E.R. Curtiss, Photographic Art Palace, Madison, Wisconsin. This photograph on the left served as the model for the eagle on the Wisconsin monument at Vicksburg.

Original stereograph of Old Abe, clearly showing the curious shield under his perch

Soldiers Monument, Girard, Pennsylvania, 1875
Note: Erected to the memory of soldiers in the Civil War. Likeness of “Old Abe” appears on top of the monument.

“International Exhibition 1876 Certificate of Award, State of Wisconsin, Bald Headed Eagle, ‘Old Abe.'” Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1876 September

Old Abe, the mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War
Note: Photographer: H.H. Bennet, Kilbourn city, Wisconsin.

The centennial photograph of Old Abe, Madison, Wisconsin, 1876 February 7
Note

Photographer: J.M. Fowler.

Sold by J.O. Barrett in Philadelphia, PA for the Agricultural Building “Old Abe Museum of Ornithology” at the Centennial International Exposition in 1876.

The centennial photograph of Old Abe. Madison, Wisconsin, 1876 February 7
Note

Photographer: J.M. Fowler.

Sold by J.O. Barrett in Philadelphia, PA for the Agricultural Building “Old Abe Museum of Ornithology” at the Centennial International Exposition in 1876.

The centennial photograph of Old Abe, Madison, Wiscnosin, 1876 February 7
Note

Photographer: J.M. Fowler.

Sold by J.O. Barrett in Philadelphia, PA for the Agricultural Building “Old Abe Museum of Ornithology” at the Centennial International Exposition in 1876.

The centennial photograph of Old Abe, Madison, Wisconsin, 1876 February 7
Note

Photographer: J.M. Fowler.

Sold by J.O. Barrett in Philadelphia, PA for the Agricultural Building “Old Abe Museum of Ornithology” at the Centennial International Exposition in 1876.

A glass butter dish in the Old Abe pattern made by the Crystal Glass Company of Bridgeport, Ohio, and exhibited in Philadelphia at the Centennial Exhibition of 1876

A glass compote in the Old Abe pattern made by the Crystal Glass Company of Bridgeport, Ohio and exhibited in Philadelphia at the Centennial Exhibition of 1876

“Old Abe,” eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Regiment, 1879
Note: Photographer: H.H. Bennett, Kilbourn City, Wisconsin.

“Old Abe.” A retouched photograph of Old Abe on his perch

Souvenir teaspoon bearing an Old Abe device, circa 1890-1895

“Old Abe,” eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, circa 1890
Note: After his death in 1881, he was stuffed, mounted and put in the capital museum.

“Old Abe,” the mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
Note: Photographer: H.H. Bennett, Kilbourn City, Wisconsin.

“Old Abe, the live Wisconsin War Eagle, taking a sun bath”
Note: Photographer: H.H. Bennett, Kilbourn City, Wisconsin.

“Old Abe,” eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, circa 1900

“Old Abe,” the eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, 1904
Note

Photograph taken about three weeks before the capital was destroyed by fire.

Photographer: R.T. Wilkoske, Columbus, Wisconsin.

An eagle of the same type as “Old Abe,” an eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
Note: Displayed in the Civil War room at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. The original Old Abe, after he died was mounted, was destroyed in the Capital fire in Madison in 1904.

Painting of “Old Abe” by L.A. Dow, 1905 The original painting is in the War Museum, Wisconsin State Capitol, Madison, Wisconsin

“Kwik-way” transfer used to place “Old Abe” trade mark on new agricultural and other machinery manufactured by J.I. Case Co. of Racine, Wisconsin, 1955
Note: When this sheet is dipped in water, lithographed color image will transfer to metal. Perhaps used for other display purposes.

The eagle “Old Abe” was used for many years by J.I. Case Co. of Racine, Wisconsin as the firms trademark and is shown on these advertising cards issued to promote their agricultural and other machinery

The eagle Old Abe became the trademark of the J.I. Case Co., Madison, Wisconsin, 1912
Note

This tractor is at work for the Horticulture Dept. of the University of Wisconsin.

Photographer: M.E. Diemer.

Statue of “Old Abe” being removed from the J.I. Case building, Racine, Wisconsin, 1969

“Keep Him Free. Buy War Saving Stamps”
Note: A World War I poster by Livingston Bull featuring a large eagle and many small biplanes.

Old Abe and Harry Houdini at the Hippodrome, 1918

A 1943 photograph of Young Abe, the eagle mascot of the 31st Glider Field Artillery Battalion of the 101st Airborne Division, and two soldiers on whose shoulders is the Airborne’s screaming eagle patch, 1943
Note: Photo from Newsweek.

A photograph by the Wisconsin Conservation Commission of Young Abe, 1943
Note: Mascot of the 31st Glider Field Artillery Battalion of the 101st Airborne Division.

Basswood carving of an eagle, inspired by Old Abe of Civil War fame, in the American Club restaurant of the Kohler Company, Kohler, Wisconsin, 1961
Note: Photographer: Theodore A. Rozumalski.

“Everybody got into the act during a heated loose-ball scramble in the Beloit-Eau Claire opening battle.” Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1962 May 15
Scope and Content Note: Clipping from the Wisconsin State Journal of a photograph of Old Abes, the Eau Claire high school basketball team, in action at a state tournament. The team name was chosen because of the famous eagle’s origin near Eau Claire.

Old Abe, pencil drawing by Oluf Johnson