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“Petersburg, Virginia. Ruins of Houses”

Petersburg homes destroyed

[Illustrated Civil War "Union Envelopes"]: A Secession Movement

Riding jackass backwards.

[Petersburg, Va. The first Federal wagon train entering the town]

Train to enter Petersburg

Alexander Park Letter

Alexander Parker Crittenden letter to his wife, Clara

Alexandria gazette (Alexandria, D.C.), May 15, 1861

It is still early in the civil war and are still trying to gather all the details.

Antietam Road statues at Antietam National Battlefield, Maryland.

- Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital…

Battle of Antietam Map

"Map of the Battlefield of Antietam. On September 17, 1862, the battle was trumpeted over the arsenal explosion in the newspapers across the nation."

Battle of Fredericksburg. Dec. 13, 1862.

Gives troop positions, batteries, names of commanders, roads, R.F. & P Railroad and the unfinished railroad, houses and names of residents, street…