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Fort Hell : in front of Petersburg.

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Company of colored troops - Public domain dedication image

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Packing house, Junction City, Kansas, 423 miles west of St. Louis, Mo.

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Ruins of the Gallego Flour Mills, in the burnt district, Richmond, Va....

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View of breastworks on Round Top, the hill which formed our extreme le...

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Calle de las Mantes, (Mantidu Street,) Lima

Observatory- San Augustin Square- Lima

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The Freedmen's Village, Hampton, Virginia. (bottom)

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View of the Rappahannock, showing pontoons and the enemy’s lines.

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Stone Church, Centreville. - Public domain dedication image

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Group of engineers. - Public domain dedication image

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View from east front of mansion, looking across the Potomac.

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Southeast view of the Great Guano Heap, (2,000,000 tons,) Chincha Isla...

Strata of guano, Chincha Islands

Ballard's Hotel, Richmond. 19th cenrury stereoscope card.

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Medical supply boat. - Public domain dedication image

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Battery no. 1 near Yorktown. - Public domain dedication image

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Elevator, St. Louis, Mo. 19th century stereoscope card. Missouri.

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Aquia Creek Landing, February, 1863. 19th cenrury stereoscope card.

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[View down a country road, house visible through foliage.]

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Western gate of the city, (called Callao Gate,) Lima

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Quarters of men Engineer Corp [i.e. Corps] near Brandy Station.

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Shebang or Head Quarters, Sanitary Commission, Brandy Station.

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Antietam Bridge on the Boonsboro and Sharpsburg Turnpike.

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Moore house near Yorktown where Cornwallis signed the Capitulation.

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Slaughter Pen on left wing at Battle of Gettysburg.

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Gettysburg. - Public domain dedication image

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Wagon park. - Public domain dedication image

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Road from tomb to house. Virginia. Related to George Washington and Ma...

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Turnpike bridge across the Kansas River, near Wyandotte, Kansas, 287 m...

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Ruins of carbine factory and paper mill, 8th St., Richmond, 6 April, 1...

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Matthews House : Battlefield of Bull Run.

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Fortifications on heights of Centreville.

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View of Harpers Ferry. - Public domain dedication image

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View of the Tredegar Iron Works, from the Petersburgh railroad bridge,...

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

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Field relief corps of the U.S. Sanitary Commission. Supply wagon and t...

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Ruins of Stone Bridge across Bull Run.

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View on Kansas River, at Fort Riley, Kansas, 420 miles west of St. Lou...

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[View of Libby Prison, Richmond, Va.]

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Libby Prison, north side, Richmond, Va.

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Libby Prison, north side, Richmond, Va.

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Ballard's Hotel, Richmond. 19th cenrury stereoscope card.

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Construction train, west of Hays City, Kansas.

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

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Provost Marshal’s office : Aquia Creek.

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Ruins of carbine factory and paper mill, 8th St., Richmond, 6 April, 1...

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Side view of the Universal Hotel, Universe Square, Lima

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Loading cars with guano at the Great Heap, Chincha Islands

Slaughter Pen on left wing at Battle of Gettysburg.

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View down a country road, house visible through foliage.

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Camp of Head Quarters Army of the Potomac.

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Second Corps Hospital : Brandy Station.

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Co. G 114th Reg. Penn Vols. - Public domain dedication image

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Libby Prison : Richmond. - Public domain dedication image

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Jericho Mills : North Anna. - Public domain dedication image

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Gettysburg. - Public domain dedication image

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Fort Hays, Kansas, 580 miles west of St. Louis, Mo.

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Haxall's rolling mill, Belle Isle, Richmond.

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Pontoon bridge across the James [Men sitting and standing in foregroun...

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Interior of Gracie’s Salient. - Public domain dedication image

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Interior of Fort Steadman. - Public domain dedication image

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Bridge across the Chickahominy.

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Morin's Hotel, Great Plaza, Lima

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The Great Heap- 2,000,000 tons guano- Chincha Islands

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Shoots for loading the lighters with guano, Chincha Islands

View of Libby Prison, Richmond, Va.

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2d Corp [i.e. Corps] Hospital [Brandy Station].

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Hospital near Brandy Station. - Public domain dedication image

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Fredericksburg [View of Fredericksburg from across river].

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Quaker guns. - Public domain dedication image

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Four men in front of sheltered tent next to U.S. Christian Commission ...

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Pontoon bridges at Fredericksburg, Va.

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Supply Depot, Washington. - Public domain dedication image

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View from east front of mansion, looking across the Potomac.

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Poyntz Avenue, Manhattan, Kansas, 402 miles west of St. Louis, Mo.

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Construction train, west of Hays City, Kansas.

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The Libby Prison. 19th cenrury stereoscope card.

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Ruins of the aqueduct, promenade, and lake, Lima. Built by one of the ...

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Private entrance to the Aurora Gardens, Lima

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Packing house, Junction City, Kansas, 423 miles west of St. Louis, Mo.

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Ruins of the Gallego Flour Mills, in the burnt district, Richmond, Va....

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Outside or western entrance to the Garden of the Order of Bare-footed ...

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View from the eastern door of the Chapel of the Pantheon Cemetery, Lim...

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The hotel, Chincha Islands - Early photography, Public domain image

Eastern entrance to the chapel of the Pantheon Cemetery, Lima

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View in the Garden of the Order of the Monks of San Francisco, Lima

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View in the court yard or entrance to the Pantheon Cemetery, Lima. Loo...

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Shoot manufactory, cabins of the Chinamen, and portion of Great Pier, ...

A view of the bridge over the river nile in egypt. A view of the bridge over the river. Public domain postcard scan.

Turnpike bridge across the Kansas River, near Wyandotte, Kansas, 287 m...

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Depot, Lima - Early photography, Public domain image

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Entrance to Principal Theater, Lima

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Arch at the entrance of the Bridge of Pizarro, Lima

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Fort Hays, Kansas, 580 miles west of St. Louis, Mo.

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Libby Prison, north side, Richmond, Va.

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Libby Prison, north side, Richmond, Va.

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Aquia Creek Landing, February, 1863. 19th cenrury stereoscope card.

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Custom House, Callao - Early photography, Public domain image

Panorama of the town, North Island, Chincha Islands. No. 2

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Decoration of the public fountain on the Great Plaza, Lima, during the...

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