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At the Institute’s core is the Gilder Lehrman Collection, one of the great archives in American history. More than 85,000 items cover five hundred years of American history, from Columbus’s 1493 letter describing the New World through the end of the twentieth century.

Unknown Capt Wilson and men of the "Iron Brigade"

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09350 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph signed Date: 1863 Pagination: 1 carte de visite ; 10.2 x 6.1 cm. Order a Copy

8th Kentucky placing colors on Lookout Mountain after Hooker's victory. R. M. Linn's CDV was a restaged portrayal.

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