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This smokestack was from the Confederate ram C.S.S. Virginia II.
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When the Union right wing collapsed at Chickamauga, The 44th Indiana was one of the regiments which, cut off from its brigade, joined General George Thomas in his successful…
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The hot shot that set Fort Sumter ablaze during the bombardment in April, 1861 that began the war may have come from this furnace.
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The riverboat "Missionary" is towed upstream with supplies for Grant's men at Chattanooga, TN.
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67th New York Infantry Regiment "1st Long Island Regiment"
The 67th New York Infantry lost 5 officers and 96 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 officers and 75…
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The bridge planks have been taken up to discourage passage by Confederate cavalry.
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Before starting her career as an ironclad gunboat, the Atlanta was the blockade runner, Fingal.
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This is the encampment of the 110th Pennsylvania Infantry. The civilian in the photograph is not Horace Greeley.
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Fort Totten was about 1/2 mile from the Soldiers' Home, where President Abraham Lincoln relaxed during the summer months to escape the heat in Washington. These men may belong to…
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This is the U.S.S. Onondaga.
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This is a company of the 30th Pennsylvania Infantry.
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This is the 1st Connecticut Light Artillery photographed at Fredericksburg, VA on May 2, 1863.
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General Sedgwick, known as "Uncle John," to his troops, was shot and killed by a Confederate sharpshooter using a Whitworth rifle at a distance of about 500 yards.
The highest…
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The railroad ties will be burned. The resulting heat will bend the rails, making them useless.
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A converted New York ferry boat, this is the U.S.S. Commodore Morris.
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This was a tobacco warehouse in Richmond, VA used by Confederate authorities to house Union officers. With the fall of Richmond, it reverted to federal control.
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10-inch Seacoast Mortars, Model 1841.
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Quaker Guns were logs painted and positioned to look like artillery. The ruse could be quite successful when seen from a distance by an unsuspecting enemy.
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This regiment saw action in the Wheatfield at Gettysburg.
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