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The Governor's Mansion, Lecompton, Kansas Territory
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Harper's Weekly wood engraving of men on horseback outside of the governor's mansion in Lecompton, Kansas Territory. The house was built by Douglas County Sheriff Samuel J. Jones and briefly resided in by Kansas Territorial Governor John W. Geary. In 1855, The "Bogus Legislature" selected the proslavery town of Lecompton as Kansas Territory's capital city. Meanwhile, Free-Staters continued to denounce the legislature as illegitimate.
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June 6, 1857
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The Union Volunteer
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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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David Rice Atchison
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Half-length daguerreotype portrait of David Rice Atchison, facing three-quarters to the left. Atchison served as Democratic Senator from Missouri from 1843-1855.
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1844-1860
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Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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Stereograph of Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, from 1867. Fort Leavenworth was originally established in 1827 to provide protection along the Santa Fe Trail. During the Civil War, Fort Leavenworth served as a training station for Kansas volunteers, and in 1864 the fort's garrison prepared for a possible attack by Major General Sterling Price on his Missouri Expedition. At an age of more than 180 years, Fort Leavenworth is the oldest post west of Washington, D.C. that remains in continuous operation.
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1867
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Independence, Missouri
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Bird's eye view of the city of Independence, Jackson Co., Missouri 1868.
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1868
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Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, Gettysburg
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Black and white photograph of President Lincoln delivering the Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863
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November 19, 1863
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Battle of Lookout Mountain
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Kurz & Allison lithograph of the Battle of Lookout Mountain, the second major battle of the Chattanooga Campaign.
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Henry W. Halleck
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Portrait of Union Major General Henry W. Halleck, facing right.
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1860-1865
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General Alfred Pleasonton, September, 1863
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Stereograph print card depicting General Alfred Pleasonton seated in front of a building in Warrenton, Virginia.
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September, 1863
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Reconstruction
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Lithograph of Horatio Bateman's allegorical illustration of the reconciliation between the North and the South following the end of the Civil War and the beginning of the Reconstruction Era.
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Nathan Bedford Forrest, CSA General
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Carte de visite portrait of Confederate General and first Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan, Nathan Bedford Forrest, circa 1863-1870.
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Battle of Wilson's Creek
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Kurz & Allison lithograph of the Battle of Wilson's Creek, circa 1893.
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Lexington, Missouri
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Bird's eye view of the city of Lexington, Lafayette Co., Missouri in 1869.
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1869
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Southern "Volunteers"
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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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Kansas City, Missouri
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This bird's eye view of Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri was created by A. Ruger in 1869. A drawing of Kansas City in 1855 is shown in the bottom left corner of the image.
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1869
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Thomas Ewing
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Black and white portrait of Thomas Ewing, Jr., Union Army general in command of the District of the Border during the Civil War. In addition to commanding Union forces in several notable battles, Ewing was responsible for issuing General Order No. 11, which expelled southern sympathizers from four Missouri counties in an effort to suppress bushwhackers in the region.
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