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Battle of Fair Oaks-Gallant Charge of Gen. Casey's Division to Save the Guns

One engraving entitled "Battle of Fair Oaks-Gallant Charge of Gen. Caseys's Division to Save the Guns" dated 1862. Dipicts General Silas Casey and his men valiantly recovering Union artillary behind Confederate lines. Two struggling horses pull gun...

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Battle of Williamsburg

One engraving entitled "Battle of Williamsburg" dated 1862. Depicts a distant view of the Battle of Williamsburg, May 5, 1862. In the foreground a stray cannonball narrowly misses a solider and a officer on horseback. On the left a group of Union...

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Battle of Mill Creek

One engraving entitled "Battle of Mill Creek" dated 1862. Depicts combat between Confederate and Union forces during the Battle of Mill Creek, January 19, 1862. In the foreground a Union solider rips a confederate flag from the grasp of a wounded...

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Battle of the Wilderness--Attack at Spottsylvania Court House

One engraving entitled "Battle Of The Wilderness-Attack at Spottsylvania Court House" dated 1865. Depicts hand-to-hand combat between Union and Confederate forces during the Battle of the Wilderness, May 5-7, 1864. In the center of the painting an...

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Battle of Antietam-Gallant Charge of Gen. Burnside's Division at the Bridge

One engraving entitled "Battle of Antietam-Gallant Charge of Gen. Burnside's Division at the Bridge" dated 1868. Depicts a view of General Ambrose Everette Burnside's division charging a stone bridge over Antietam Creek, September 17, 1862. Engraved...

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Attack on Fredericksburgh-Dec. 1862

One engraving entitled "Attack on Fredericksburgh-Dec. 1862" dated 1863. Depicts a scene from the Battle of Fredericksburgh, December 11-15, 1862. In the forefront of the image, Union forces use boats and pontoon bridges to cross a river into...

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Richmond, VA and its Vicinity

One engraving entitled "Richmond, VA. and its Vicinity" dated 1863. Map of Richmond, Virginia and vicinity. A map key notes significant locations. On the back of the engraving there are pictures of Wilmer McLean's house and President Lincoln with his...

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Fortress Monroe, VA and its Vicinity

One engraving entitled, "Fortress Monroe, VA and its Vicinity" circa 1861-1877. A map of Fortress Monroe and vicinity. A map key notes significant locations. Engraved by R. Hinshelwood after an original painting by J. Wells.

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Seige of Vicksburg

One engraving entitled "Seige of Vicksburg" dated 1864. Depicts Union forces during the Battle of Vicksburg, May 18-July 4, 1863. At the bottom of the image Union soliders rest under cover of a small shelter, above them soliders continue to fire upon...

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Action of the Gunboats at Memphis

One engraving entitled "Action of Gunboats at Memphis" dated 1863. Depicts a naval battle between Union and Confederate gunboats on the Mississippi river, June 6, 1862. Engraved from an original painting by Alonzo Chappel in possession of the...

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Battle of Murfreesboro--Capture of a Confederate Flag

One engraving entitled "Battle of Murfreesboro - Capture of a Confederate Flag" dated 1863. Depicts hand to hand combat between Union and Confederate forces at the Battle of Murfreesboro, July 13, 1862. On the left, a jeering solider straddles a...

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Battle of Murfresboro--Capture of a Confederate Flag

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Battle of Chicamauga-Lt. Van Pelt Defending His Battery

One engraving entitled, "Battle of Chicamauga-Lt. Van Pelt Defending his battery" dated 1864. Depicts Lieutenant Van Pelt preparing to battle approaching Confederate forces at the Battle of Chicamauga, September 10-18, 1863. Engraved after an...

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Battle of Wilson's Creek--Fall of General Lyon

One engraving entitled "Battle of Wilson's Creek-Fall of General Lyon" circa 1861-1877. Depicts hand-to-hand combat between Union and Confederate forces during the Battle of Wilson's Creek, August 10, 1861. In the center of the painting, a mortally...

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Attack at Kelly's Ford, VA

One engraving entitled "Attack at Kelly's Ford, VA" dated 1864. Depicts, Union soliders, wading through a stream, heading towards the Battle of Kelly's Ford, VA, March 17, 1863. Engraved after an original painting by Alonzo Chappel in possession of...

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Attack on Knoxville

One engraving entitled "Attack on Knoxville" dated 1865. Depicts a scene from the Battle of Knoxville, November 17- December 4, 1863. Union soliders defend Knoxville from a Confederate attack. In the center of the image a Union solider shoots a...

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Attack at Rocky Face Ridge, GA

One engraving entitled "Attack at Rocky Face Ridge, GA" dated 1864. Depicts Union Soliders Marching towards the Battle of Rocky Face Ridge, May 7-13, 1864. In the forefront of the image three officers rest atop a large rock and direct soliders to...

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Action Between the Kearsarge & Alabama

One engraving entitled "Action Between the Kearsarge & Alabama" dated 1864. Depicts a naval battle between the USS Kearsarge and the CSS Alabama, June 19, 1864. Caption notes, "rescue of the crew of the Alabama by the Deerhound." Engraved from the...

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Sinking of the Alabama

One engraving entitled "Sinking of the Alabama" dated 1897. Depicts the sinking of the CSS Alabama. Surviving confederate sailors swim towards an awaiting rescue vessel. Engraved from a painting by Warren Sheppard. Engraving possibly from the book,...

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Attack on Fort Wagner

One engraving entitled "Attack on Fort Wagner" dated 1864. Depicts close combat between African American Union troops and Confederate forces, defending Fort Wagner, July 18, 1863. African American troops attempt to break through the Confederates...

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Bombardment of Fort Fisher (Landing of the Troops)

One engraving entitled "Bombardment of Fort Fisher (Landing of the Troops)" dated 1865. Depicts Union troops landing, unopposed, on the beach outside Fort Fisher, January 13, 1865. Union soliders on the beach appear patient as they wait for fellow...

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Capture of the Works at Petersburg

One engraving entitled "Capture of the Works at Petersburg" dated 1865. Depicts Union troops triumphantly climbing uphill. In the background Union soliders stand atop a hill raising the Union Flag. In the Foreground a solider lies wounded in branches...

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The Battle of Manassas, or Second Bull Run

One engraving entiteld "The Battle of Manassas, or Second Bull Run" circa 1861-1877. Depicts a view of confederate troops on horseback, durring the Battle of Manassas, August 28-30, 1862. Caption notes, "General Robert E. Lee and Staff overlooking...

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The War With the South

One engraving entitled "The War With the South" dated 1867. Depicts Union soldiers clustered around a hill. One solider stands triumphantly atop the hill holding a torn American flag. Above them an angel looks down from the clouds, proffering a...

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Presidential Seal

Seal of the President of the United States circa 1861-1877.

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