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  • Volunteer Refreshment Saloon, supported gratuitously by the citizens of Philadelphia, Pa

    Volunteer Refreshment Saloon, supported gratuitously by the citizens of Philadelphia, Pa

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    Image of interior and exterior views of the Volunteer Refreshment Saloon in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during the American Civil War; soldiers board a Philadelphia & Baltimore Railroad troop train as spectators cheer; interior views of washing department, dining saloon and cooking department; bald eagle with American flags and laurel wreath frame a portrait of General Winfield Scott at bottom center; facsimile signatures of committee members in bottom margin.

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  • Cooper Shop Volunteer Refreshment Saloon, the first opened for Union volunteers in the United States. 1009 Otsego St.  Philadelphia

    Cooper Shop Volunteer Refreshment Saloon, the first opened for Union volunteers in the United States. 1009 Otsego St. Philadelphia

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    Image of interior and exterior views of Cooper Shop Volunteer Refreshment Saloon in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, near the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad station during the American Civil War; exterior view includes rows of soldiers at attention, civilians, and signs and flags for the saloon, with a goddess Columbia figure holding an American flag riding a bald eagle in clouds; interior view includes soldiers at tables of food in dining hall, men of the Committee in suits in foreground, and American flag draperies along wall and ceiling.

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  • Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon of Philadelphia. Being the first institution of the kind in the United States. Organized, May 27th 1861

    Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon of Philadelphia. Being the first institution of the kind in the United States. Organized, May 27th 1861

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    Image of Union army marching in ranks past a crowd of civilians in front of the Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon as lines of soldiers file from the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, docks towards the troop trains; American flag on pole at center; crowd includes a band and an African American man; names of committee members and volunteers in bottom margin.

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  • Citizens Volunteer Hospital Philadelphia corner of Broad St. & Washington Avenue

    Citizens Volunteer Hospital Philadelphia corner of Broad St. & Washington Avenue

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    Image of the Citizens Volunteer Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during the American Civil War; exterior view of hospital at center surrounded by ten interior views depicting women and soldiers in the kitchen, dining room, laundry, officers dining room, bath room, store room, ladies kitchen, wash room, drug room, and hospital room; decorative frame with draped American flags at bottom center.

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  • United States volunteer service. The president's thanks and certificate of honorable service

    United States volunteer service. The president's thanks and certificate of honorable service

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    Image of a military certificate of recognition of service in the American Civil War; American bald eagle emblem with Union shield, stars, and American flags at top center; certificate includes President Abraham Lincoln's thanks and certification of honorable service for Ohio National Guard Volunteer Private James Benjamin; printed signatures of President Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.

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  • United States military record : Co. G, 13th Reg. New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry

    United States military record : Co. G, 13th Reg. New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry

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    Image of a military register listing the officers and privates of Company G of the 13th Regiment of the New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War in panels framed by portraits of United States presidents, including George Washington, Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln; American bald eagle at center with American flags, serpents, columns and cornucopias in border; military camp and city in background.

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