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Wolcott's Instant Pain Annihilator
W. Endicott & Co.
Wolcott's Instant Pain Annihilator
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: advertisement
Year: 1863
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The Lost Trail
Nathaniel Orr
The Lost Trail
Media type: book cover
Year: 1864
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Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln
Emancipation Proclamation
Credit:
Media type: miscellaneous-image
Year: 1863
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We Will Prove Ourselves To Be Men- - 127th Regiment US Colored Troops
David Bustill Bowser
We Will Prove Ourselves To Be Men- - 127th Regiment US Colored Troops
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: decorative arts
Year: 1865
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Rather Die Freemen Than Live To Be Slaves--3rd United States Colored Troops
David Bustill Bowser
Rather Die Freemen Than Live To Be Slaves--3rd United States Colored Troops
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: engraving
Year: 1865
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Radical Members of the First Legislature After the War, South Carolina
Anonymous
Radical Members of the First Legislature After the War, South Carolina
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: engraving
Year: 1876
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The End of the Rebellion in the United States
Kimmel & Foster
The End of the Rebellion in the United States
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: engraving
Year: 1866
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War
Constantino Brumidi
War
Credit: Architect of the Capitol
Media type: fresco
Year: 1865
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Marine
Constantino Brumidi
Marine
Credit: Architect of the Capitol
Media type: fresco
Year: 1865
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Commerce
Constantino Brumidi
Commerce
Credit: Architect of the Capitol
Media type: fresco
Year: 1865
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Agriculture
Constantino Brumidi
Agriculture
Credit: Architect of the Capitol
Media type: fresco
Year: 1865
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Science
Constantino Brumidi
Science
Credit: Architect of the Capitol
Media type: fresco
Year: 1865
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America and History in Frieze of American History
Constantino Brumidi
America and History in Frieze of American History
Credit: Architect of the Capitol
Media type: fresco
Year: 1889
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Peace Protecting Genius
Paul Wayland Bartlett
Peace Protecting Genius
Credit: Architect of the Capitol
Media type: frieze
Year: 1916
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Letter, Abraham Lincoln To Charles Sumner Outlining the President's Belief That the Dependents of Black and White Soldiers Should Be Treated Equally
Abraham Lincoln
Letter, Abraham Lincoln To Charles Sumner Outlining the President's Belief That the Dependents of Black and White Soldiers Should Be Treated Equally
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: letter-image
Year: 1864
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The Old Hunting Grounds
Worthington Whittredge
The Old Hunting Grounds
Credit: Reynolda House, Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Media type: painting
Year: 1864
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The Storming of Ft. Wagner
Kurz and Allison
The Storming of Ft. Wagner
Credit: US National Park Service
Media type: painting
Year: 1890
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The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation
Alexander Hay Ritchie
The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: painting
Year: 1866
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Valley of the Yosemite
Albert Bierstadt
Valley of the Yosemite
Credit: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Media type: painting
Year: 1864
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Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way (Mural Study, U.S. Capitol)
Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze
Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way (Mural Study, U.S. Capitol)
Credit: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History
Media type: painting
Year: 1861
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The Rocky Mountains, Landers Peak
Albert Bierstadt
The Rocky Mountains, Landers Peak
Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Media type: painting
Year: 1863
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In the Swamp
H.L. Stevens
In the Swamp
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: painting
Year: 1863
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Lieut. Washington, a Confederate Prisoner, and Capt. Custer, U.S.A.
Matthew Brady
Lieut. Washington, a Confederate Prisoner, and Capt. Custer, U.S.A.
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1862
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Gordon As He Entered Our Lines. Gordon Under Medical Inspection. Gordon in His Uniform as a U.S. Soldier.
Anonymous
Gordon As He Entered Our Lines. Gordon Under Medical Inspection. Gordon in His Uniform as a U.S. Soldier.
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1863
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Untitled
William M. Smith
Untitled
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1865
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Confederate and Union Dead Side By Side in Trenches at Fort Mahone
Anonymous
Confederate and Union Dead Side By Side in Trenches at Fort Mahone
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1865
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John Brown's Fort
Anonymous
John Brown's Fort
Credit: Harpers Ferry National Historic Park
Media type: photograph
Year: 1885
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Ruins in Charleston, S.C.
Matthew Brady
Ruins in Charleston, S.C.
Credit:
Media type: photograph
Year: 1865
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Refugees Leaving the Old Homestead
Anonymous
Refugees Leaving the Old Homestead
Credit:
Media type: photograph
Year: 1863
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Ruins of Richmond, Virginia
Matthew Brady
Ruins of Richmond, Virginia
Credit:
Media type: photograph
Year: 1865
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District of Columbia, Co. E, 4Th U.S. Colored infantry, at Fort Lincoln
Anonymous
District of Columbia, Co. E, 4Th U.S. Colored infantry, at Fort Lincoln
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1863
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Overseer Artayou Carrier Whipped Me. I was Two Months in Bed Sore from the Whipping. My Master Come After I Was Whipped; He Discharged the Overseer.
War Department
Overseer Artayou Carrier Whipped Me.  I was Two Months in Bed Sore from the Whipping. My Master Come After I Was Whipped; He Discharged the Overseer.
Credit:
Media type: photograph
Year: 1863
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Bermuda Hundred, Virginia African-American Teamsters Near the Signal Tower
Anonymous
Bermuda Hundred, Virginia African-American Teamsters Near the Signal Tower
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1864
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Antietam, Confederate Dead By a Fence On the Hagerstown Road
Matthew Brady Brady
Antietam, Confederate Dead By a Fence On the Hagerstown Road
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1862
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Group of Contrabands
James Gibson
Group of Contrabands
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1862
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Harper's Ferry, West Virginia View of Town; Railroad Bridge in Ruins
C.O. Bostwick
Harper's Ferry, West Virginia View of Town; Railroad Bridge in Ruins
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1862
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James Hopkinson's Plantation Planting Sweet Potato
Henry P. Moore
James Hopkinson's Plantation Planting Sweet Potato
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1862
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Jeff's Last Shift. Capture of Jeff. Davis. May 10th 1865, at Irwinsville, Georgia
Joseph E. Baker
Jeff's Last Shift. Capture of Jeff. Davis. May 10th 1865, at Irwinsville, Georgia
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: political cartoon
Year: 1865
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The Emancipation Group (Sculpture of Abraham Lincoln)
Thomas Ball
The Emancipation Group (Sculpture of Abraham Lincoln)
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: statue
Year: 1875
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Morrill
Morrill
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1861
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Julia Ward Howe
Julia Ward Howe
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1908
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Portrait of a boy soldier, Nashville, Tennessee
Portrait of a boy soldier, Nashville, Tennessee
Credit: Library of Congress
Media type: photograph
Year: 1860
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Tad Lincoln, son of President Abraham Lincoln, in a Union uniform
Tad Lincoln, son of President Abraham Lincoln, in a Union uniform
Media type: photograph
Year: 1860
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