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Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877

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Unknown location. 6-pdr. field gun
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Scott's great snake. Entered according to Act of Congress
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Battlefield of Gettysburg
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District of Columbia. Company E, 4th U.S. Colored Infantry
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Zouave ambulance crew demonstrating removal of wounded soldiers from the field
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Officers of the 114th Pennsylvania Infantry playing cards
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Alexandria, Va. Soldiers' Cemetery
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Freedmen's Bureau
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Gen. Samuel P. Heintzelman and staff at Arlington house.
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Flag of 37th Pennsylvania Infantry
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Cumberland Landing, Va. Group of "contrabands" at Foller's house
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Culpeper, Va. Battery A, 4th U.S. Artillery, Robertson's Brigade
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A prayer for the southern cause
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Walt Whitman Hospital Notebook Page 18 Notebook LC #101
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Dunlap, Kate. Diary, 1864-1865
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What are we fighting for?
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