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Dixie for the Union consists of pro-Northern lyrics written to the tune of the popular song Dixie. The lyrics compare the struggle to preserve the Union with the American's fight against British oppression during the Revolutionary War. The word…

This amputating set belonged to Gustav Weber, who served as surgeon general of Ohio during the Civil War and founded St. Vincent Charity Hospital in Cleveland. The amputating set contains 3 forceps (for tissue and bone torsion), 3 sounds (urethral),…

Headquarters of the United States Sanitary Commission at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Wood engraving printed in Harper's Weekly.

Cartes de visite of unknown boy soldier.

Group portrait of the officers of the 90th Ohio Volunteer Infantry taken at an unknown camp, ca. 1861-1865.

Daguerreotype of an unidentified girl, three-quarter length portrait facing front. She is seated in a chair and holding doll.

Albumen stereograph showing an exterior view of the site of the Libby Prison, a Confederate military prison near Richmond Virginia. This photograph was taken as a part of the series, 'Photographic History: The War for the Union.'

Grounds at Andersonville, Georgia, where are buried fourteen thousand Union soldiers, who died in Andersonville Prison. Print of wood carving, which includes Clara Barton raising the national flag, August 17, 1865, in far background.

Reproduction of a photograph depicting Union Civil War prison, Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio ca. 1860-1865.

The Union Army contracted with sutlers to sell goods such as stationery, toothbrushes, and combs to the prisoners at Johnson's Island Prison to supplement their often-meager rations. Prisoners were issued tickets as scrip to be used for transactions.…