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Image of General Robert Nugent and members of the Irish Brigade.

Print shows Michael Corcoran, half-length portrait, facing slightly right, wearing military uniform and holding sword in left hand.

General Thamas Francis Meagher led the Irish Brigade of the Army of the Potomac.

Handwritten note of reverse reads: "The last roll call. Civil War vets in front of Stanton's statue. Sort of a striking future all these are dead now. Can get their names if needed - Jene E. Bishop."

This photograph shows five men, veterans of the…

Caption reads: "Harriet Tubman 'the Moses of her People.' Herself a fugitive, she abducted more than 300 slaves, leading them generally through Delaware to Wilmington and Philadelphia."

Caption reads: "Harriet Tubman, the "Moses" of her people, a fugitive who abducted more than three hundred slaves from the Southern States."

This photograph of Sarah Ann (Annie) Turner Wittenmyer (1827-1900) was taken circa 1895. She was born at Sandy Springs, Adams County, Ohio and moved with her husband to Keokuk, Iowa in 1850. During the Civil War (1861-1865) she became known as Iowa's…

This unidentified young woman's portrait was found on the body of Civil War soldier Thomas Kilgore. Kilgore served with the 95th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (O.V.I.) and died in Jackson Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee on July 2, 1863 at the age of 18. An…

On September 10-14, 1888, the 22nd Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) was held in Columbus, Ohio. The G.A.R. was founded in 1866 in Illinois and is comprised of Civil War veterans. Pictured is the locomotive (the "General") that was stolen on April…

This 8" x 10" (20.32 x 25.4 cm) photograph depicts the Sherman House, birthplace of the brothers General William Tecumseh Sherman and statesman John Sherman. The home is a Registered National Landmark and is listed on the National Register of…