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Soldier, Seventh Kansas Volunteer Cavalry
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This sepia carte de visite depicts an unidentified officer of the Seventh Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. The photograph, ca. 1861-1865, was produced by A.C. Nichols of Leavenworth, Kansas.
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Henry Moon
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This carte de visite depicts Henry Moon, who served in the Fifth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. The photograph was produced ca. 1861-1865.
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Presentation of Flag to Col. John D. Stevenson
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In this ca. 1862 ambrotype, Union Col. John D. Stevenson is presented with an American flag outside a brick building in Lexington, Missouri. A crowd of soldiers and citizens observes the ceremony.
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John Brown's Sharps Rifle
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Photograph of John Brown's personal Sharps rifle, which he carried during his Kansas campaign of 1856.
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n.d.
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Gen. W.S. Harney
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Portrait of General William S. Harney.
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J.F. Vaughn
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This carte de visite depicts 2nd M. Sgt. J.F. Vaughn, who served in the Fifth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. The photograph was produced ca. 1861-1865.
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Rescue of Jacob Branson, 1855
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Woodcut depicting the rescue of Free-Stater Jacob Branson following his arrest for threats made to Franklin Coleman. A skirmish broke out in the Wakarusa River Valley near Lawrence, Kansas, following the murder of Charles Dow, a Free-State settler who was killed by the proslavery Franklin Coleman. While the murder was not about politics, the resulting political unrest led Douglas County Sheriff Samuel J. Jones to raise a militia and place Lawrence under siege. The "war" claimed one more victim, a Free-Stater named Thomas Barber.
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1855
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Battle of Missionary Ridge
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Kurz & Allison lithograph of the Battle of Missionary Ridge, which occurred on November 23-25, 1863, near Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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Thomas Hart Benton
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Portrait of Missouri political figure, Thomas Hart Benton, by Ferdinand Thomas Lee Boyle, circa 1861.
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Battle of Wilson's Creek
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This sketch, originally published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper on August 24, 1861, depicts the Battle of Wilson's Creek. The caption states: "Great Battle of Wilson's Creek, near Springfield, Missouri. Between 5,500 Union troops under Generals Lyon and Siegel, and 23,000 rebels under Generals McCullough and Price, August 10th, 1861 -From a sketch by our special artist.-"
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August 24, 1861
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Andrew J. Link
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This carte de visite depicts Andrew J. Link, who served in the Fifth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. The photograph was produced ca. 1861-1865.
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Confederate Battle Flag
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Confederate battle flag from the Battle of Gettysburg fought in July, 1863. The Confederate battle flag, featuring a variation of the cross of St. Andrew, replaced the "Stars and Bars" Confederate national flag on the battlefield to distinguish Confederate armies from Union armies flying the "Stars and Stripes" during the confusion and chaos of battle.
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1861
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Constitution Hall, Lecompton, Kansas
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Photograph of Constitution Hall, site of the Lecompton Constitutional Convention on January 12, 1857. Constitution Hall was built in 1856 and restored in 1991.
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1933
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Andrew H. Reeder
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Portrait of Andrew H. Reeder, first governor of the Kansas Territory.
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n.d.
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John Brown Brought Out for Execution
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Pencil drawing by Albert Berghaus of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper depicting Abolitionist John Brown being brought out of jail in Charles Town, Virgina, to be executed for his failed raid on Harpers Ferry.
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Lydia Maria Francis Child
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Silhouette of Lydia Maria Francis Child by Auguste Edouart, 1841. Child published the poem, "The Kansas Emigrants," in the New York Daily Tribune on October 23, 1856, in reponse to the caning of Senator Charles Sumner by Representative Preston Brooks.
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