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The Ruins of Lawrence, Kansas
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An illustration of the ruins of Lawrence, Kansas after Quantrill's Raid on August 21, 1863, originally published in Harper's Weekly.
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September 19, 1863
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Hon. George S. Boutwell of Mass.
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Black and white glass plate negative of George S. Boutwell, Senator and Representative from Massachusetts and the first Commissioner of Internal Revenue under President Lincoln.
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Gen. Samuel R. Curtis
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Black and white portrait of General Samuel R. Curtis, seated and in uniform. One of the first Republicans elected to Congress representing Iowa's 1st congressional district, Curtis resigned his seat in 1861 to join the Union Army. Curtis commanded Union forces to several victories during the Civil War, including at the Battle of Pea Ridge and the Battle of Westport.
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Andrew Johnson
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Lithograph of Andrew Johnson, circa 1865.
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Pony Express Rider
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Lloyd Branson painting of a mail carrier for the Pony Express.
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Merchant's Bank of Trenton One Dollar Bill
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The dollar bill issued by the Merchant's Bank of Trenton, New Jersey, on November 20, 1861. The Merchant's Bank dollar bill was one of the earliest dated bills to depict President Lincoln's likeness following the President's authorization to print $250 million worth of Demand Notes in July, 1861.
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November 20, 1861
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Charles Sumner
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Lithograph of Senator Charles Sumner. The nation was polarized after Representative Preston Brooks (Democrat, South Carolina) caned antislavery Senator Charles Sumner (Republican, Massachusetts) nearly to death in the U.S. Senate chambers on May 22, 1856. Sumner delivered an anti-slavery speech called "The Crime against Kansas" two days before, and he spent the next three years recovering from his injuries. Southerners sent Brooks canes as a show of solidarity on the slavery issue.
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John Brown
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Photograph showing three-quarter length portrait of John Brown, with beard, facing slightly right.
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1859
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Chloroform Tin
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Chloroform tin used by Civil War surgeons to render wounded soldiers unconscious. During the Civil War, chloroform slowly replaced ether as an incapacitating agent to subdue struggling and suffering patients. Chloroform was administered to wounded soldiers by placing drops of the drug onto a cone-shaped cloth, which was placed over the patient's nose and mouth.
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John McNeil
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Portrait of Colonel John McNeil, "The Butcher of Palmyra," who on October 18, 1862, ordered the execution of 10 Confederate prisoners of war in retaliation for the kidnappig of pro-Union carpenter, Andrew Allsman.
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Union Prison Collapse Marker
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Photograph of the historical marker noting the site of the Union Prison collapse in Kansas City, Missouri. The Union Prison, located at 1425 Grand Avenue, held female relatives and associates of proslavery Missouri bushwhackers. Five women, including the sister of guerilla William T. "Bloody Bill" Anderson, died as a result of the collapse on August 14, 1863.
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June 24, 2015
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Andrew Downing
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This sepia carte de visite depicts Lieut. Andrew Downing, who served in Company D, Seventh Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. The photograph, ca. 1861-1865, was produced by Armstead & White of Corinth, Mississippi.
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Battle of Pea Ridge
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Chromolithograph print shows an attack by Confederate cavalry and infantry, with Native American troops, against a line of Union cannon and infantry at Pea Ridge in Arkansas.
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Stephen A. Douglas
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A Portrait of Democratic Senator Stephen A. Douglas.
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n.d.
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Market Street, Fort Scott, Kansas
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1863 photograph of Market Street with hospital in background; Fort Scott, Kansas. As early as August of 1861, the Union Army occupied this former frontier hospital after the fort closed in 1853.
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1863
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John Jarrette
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Charcoal portrait of John Jarrette dressed in suit coat, vest, shirt, and tie. Jarrette served as a captain under Quantrill and was married to the Younger brothers' sister Josephine. He also was a member of the James-Younger Gang.
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