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The Union Volunteer
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The Union Volunteer
Description
Patriotic print created by the Currier & Ives Lithography Company in 1861, following the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter and President Lincoln's call for 75,000 volunteers to suppress the rebellion.
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Southern "Volunteers"
Title
Southern "Volunteers"
Description
Currier & Ives political cartoon, which appeared following the Confederate national conscription act passed on April 16, 1862. The cartoon characterizes Confederate troops negatively, with the artist depicting them as criminals and Mexican "banditos."
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Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans at the Battle of Murfreesboro
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Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans at the Battle of Murfreesboro
Description
Currier & Ives lithograph depicting a romanticized General Rosecrans at the Battle of Murfreesboro (Stones River), January 2, 1863. Rosecrans gained fame during the Civil War as victor at several Western Theater battles. Rosecrans military career effectively ended, however, following his defeat at the Battle of Chickamauga in 1863, after which General Grant relieved him of his command.
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Battle of Fredericksburg
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Battle of Fredericksburg
Description
Currier & Ives hand-colored lithograph of the Battle of Fredericksburg.
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Image
Date
1862
Bombardment of Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor: 12th & 13th of April, 1861
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Bombardment of Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor: 12th & 13th of April, 1861
Description
Lithograph depicting the bombardment of Fort Sumter by Confederate naval forces at Charleston Harbor, South Carolina on April 12-13, 1861.
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Image
Battle of Pea Ridge
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Battle of Pea Ridge
Description
Currier & Ives lithograph depicting the Battle of Pea Ridge, circa 1862.
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Image