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Charles S. Clampitt, Philadelphia. Engaged as quarter master on steam...

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Group of contrabands at Allen's farm house near Williamsburg Road, in ...

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Derailed train - A black and white photo of a train on a track

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Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon, foot of Washington Street, Philade...

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Map of Camp Chase. Drawn on a scale of 120 feet to one inch. By W.W. P...

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John F. Claghorn, 214 Gold St., Brooklyn L.I.

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Slaves packed below and on deck.

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Lee Monument, Richmond, Va. - Detroit Publishing Company Postcard

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Res. of Edwd. Rutledge Broad St. Charleston S.C.

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Battle of Antietam. - A painting of a civil war scene with men on hors...

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Map no. 16, Battlefield of Fort Bisland

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Map of a part of the Rappahannock River above Fredericksburg and the R...

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Across the Lake, Magnolia on the Ashley, Charleston, S. C.

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Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument. Boston, MA. 19th Century Stereoscope ...

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Honored resting place of a Nation's Hero -- Tomb of General Grant, Riv...

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Destruction of Atlanta, Ga., by Sherman's army, November 1864.

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Chain bridge, near Washington, perspective view.

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Soldiers' quarters in the Union Fort Rice adjoining Fort Sedgwick ("fo...

Civil War stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who as... More

Interior of the Rebel Fort Darling, James River, near Richmond, Va.

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Quarter deck and part of starboard battery of U. S. S. Pawnee taken at...

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Pic-nic party at Antietam Bridge, 22nd Sept., 1862.

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U.S. frigate "Pensacola," off Alexandria, Va.

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First wagon train entering Petersburg. 19th cenrury stereoscope card.

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Ruins of Seccession Hall, Charleston, S.C.

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Railroad depot at Nashville, Tenn. 19th cenrury stereoscope card.

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The original "Monitor" after her fight with the "Merrimac."

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Battlefield of Peach Tree Creek, Ga. [View of railroad in ruins, facto...

Civil War stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who as... More

Dunker Church, Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862.

Civil War stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who as... More

Lloyd's official map of the state of Kentucky : compiled from actual s...

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Rosecrans & Sheridan. - Public domain dedication image

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[Abraham Lincoln.] - Henry Bryan Hall

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IN COMMEMORATION OF THE 73RD BIRTHDAY OF GENERAL GRANT [held by] UNION...

View in Charleston, South Carolina, showing St. Michael's Church

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Death bed of Abraham Lincoln died April 15th 1865

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The levee and railroad station. New Orleans, Louisiana. Stereoscope ca...

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Gen. U.S. Grant's Tomb, Riverside, New York City, U.S.A.

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Honored resting place of a Nation's Hero -- Tomb of General Grant, Riv...

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Admiral Dahlgren and staff, U. S. S. Pawnee, Charleston Harbor, S. C.

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Sergeant Wm. H. Carney. - Public domain portrait print

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Sherman's Old Headquarters, Savannah, Ga.

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Fort Sumter, Charleston S. C. - Detroit Publishing Company Postcard

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General Ulysses S. Grant, Portrait

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Libby Prison, Richmond, Va., Vintage Postcard by Detroit Publishing Co...

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Detail of a bas relief at the base of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monum...

Boston Massachusetts stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yo... More

Soldiers' Monument, Charlestown, decorated by 5th Maryland regiment.

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Marshal House, Alexandria, the scene of Col. Ellsworth's assassination...

Virginia stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who ass... More

Gunboat Perry, on the James. 19th cenrury stereoscope card.

Civil War stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who as... More

Union picket line in front of the Rebel Fort Mahone, called by the sol...

Virginia stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who ass... More

Residence of Gen. Robert E. Lee, Franklin St., Richmond, Va.

Virginia stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who ass... More

North-east angle of Ft. Marshall, Sullivan Island, Charleston Harbor, ...

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Gen. W. T. Sherman and staff....

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Execution of a deserter, Alexandria, Va.

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Slaughter Pen on left wing at Battle of Gettysburg.

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Erecting bridge across north fork of Rappahannock, near Sulphur Spring...

Virginia stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who ass... More

View down a country road, house visible through foliage.

Civil War stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who as... More

The turret of the Monitor shows fifteen marks where she was hit by reb...

Civil War stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who as... More

The siege of Yorktown, Va. [View of Battery No. 1, manned by First Con...

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Independent Pennsylvania Battery "E" (Knapp's Battery).

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Railroad battery before Petersburg. 19th cenrury stereoscope card.

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Libby Prison, Richmond, Va. Virginia. Stereoscope card.

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Charles S. Clampitt, Philadelphia. Engaged as quarter master on steam...

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[Abraham Lincoln.] Engraved by Henry Smith

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Founding fathers. Charleston, South Carolina.

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Charleston, S.C. in 1780. - Public domain dedication image

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John Harvie, signer of the Articles of Confederation.

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Dedication of General Grant's Tomb (Riverside), New York, N.Y., U.S.A.

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Gen. Grant's Headquarters. Washington DC stereoscope card, 19th cenrur...

Washington DC stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker wh... More

Statue of Abraham Lincoln. Washington DC stereoscope card, 19th cenrur...

Washington DC stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker wh... More

Interior view of Ft. Putnam, Charleston Harbor, S. C..

Civil War stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who as... More

Dress parade of the 1st South Carolina Colored Regiment.

South Carolina stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker w... More

Floating Depot of the United States Sanitary Commission, Light House I...

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Residence on South Battery, Charleston, S. C.

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Confederate Memorial Hall, New, Orleans, La.

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Henry Marchant, signer of the Articles of Confederation.

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Fountain and Bandstand, Battery Park, Charleston, S. C.

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U. S. Custom House, Charleston, S. C.

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Soldiers' Monument. Massachusetts stereoscope card collection, NYPL

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Camp life. Army of the Potomac. News from home.

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View of Libby Prison, Richmond, Va.

Virginia stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who ass... More

View of Gloucester and Yorktown. 19th cenrury stereoscope card.

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Regimental headquarters of 21st Michigan Vols. 4th Army Corps near Cha...

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The Louisiana State University topographical map of Louisiana : showin...

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Custom House, Richmond, Va. Virginia. Stereoscope card.

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Andrew Johnson President of the United States

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General Grant's House. St. Louis, Missouri.

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Statue for the Antietam Monument, at R.I. Granite Works, (front view),...

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The Union prison camp at "Belle Isle," Richmond, Va.

Virginia stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who ass... More

Interior view of Ft. Putnam, Charleston Harbor, S. C..

Civil War stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who as... More

In memory of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of Americ...

Celebration of The Abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia by...

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Landing negroes at Jamestown from Dutch man-of-war, 1619

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Head Quarters of the U.S. Sanitary Commission, at the General Hospital...

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The battle of Sharpsburg from Mumma's farm. July 3, 1863

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