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  • Winter quarters of 3d. Battery, Martin’s Massachusetts Volunteers, near Potomac Creek, Virginia

    Winter quarters of 3d. Battery, Martin’s Massachusetts Volunteers, near Potomac Creek, Virginia

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    Image of a snowy Union military camp near Potomac Creek, Virginia, during the American Civil War; winter scene in camp with soldiers, horses, covered wagons, tents, and stables.

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  • Crossing Little Birch River to Bulltown

    Crossing Little Birch River to Bulltown

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    Image of Union soldiers fording the Little Birch River on the way to Bulltown, West Virginia, during the American Civil War; ranks of men are visible on both sides of the river as groups of them wade through the water with guns and bayonets held high.

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  • Glorious charge of Hancock’s division (2nd) of the Army of the Potomac at the Battle near Spottsylvania [sic] Court House Va. May 12th, 1864

    Glorious charge of Hancock’s division (2nd) of the Army of the Potomac at the Battle near Spottsylvania [sic] Court House Va. May 12th, 1864

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    Image of Union and Confederate soldiers engaged in the Battle of Spotsylvania, Virginia, during the American Civil War in a wooded area; soldiers under General Winfield Scott Hancock (on horseback at left) charge Confederate cannon lines; wounded and dead soldiers in foreground.

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  • A cuspide corona

    A cuspide corona

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    Image of a certificate presented by the State of California for service in the Spanish-American War; several vignettes showing various fighting soldiers, ships, marches, and battles frame the central image of the goddess Columbia in front of a large American flag with a spear and laurel wreath in her hands next to a columned monument with certificate text; state seal of California with motto "Eureka" and goddess Minerva (Athena) and a California grizzly bear at top of monument.

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  • Geo. G. Meade. Maj. Genl. U.S.A. Commander of the Potomac army

    Geo. G. Meade. Maj. Genl. U.S.A. Commander of the Potomac army

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    Image of a full-length portrait of American Civil War Union Major General George Meade on horseback in military uniform with arm outstretched and hat in hand; mounted soldiers in background.

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  • View near Gauley Ferry

    View near Gauley Ferry

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    Image of Union soldiers on horseback and leading a team of horses pulling a covered wagon along a road next to a large rock formation near Gauley Ferry, West Virginia, during the American Civil War.

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