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10-page report on town's preparations, enlistments, and procurement of...

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Men and Supplies from Southborough and Upton, 1861

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Howard ambulance parked in front of warehouse, front view, another amb...

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Letter from John Jubb, Camp Hamilton, to Thomas Jubb, West Chelmsford,...

Corrspondence - Civil War enlistment paper. American Civil War

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Men and Supplies from Southborough and Upton, 1861

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Diagram of the Battle of Ball's Bluff

Torn in Two: This schematic map illustrates the nature of newspaper maps and their role in helping to inform the public of the progress of the war. Published on the front page of The New York Times ten days aft... More

Corrspondence - Civil War enlistment paper. American Civil War

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Map of the seat of war showing the battles of July 18th & 21st 1861

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General Meade’s Head Quarters. : A position of great peril, occupied b...

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Corrspondence - Support order / payment order. American Civil War

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Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Printing Office, 177, Great Brunswick ...

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The Rhode Island camp. Washington--Virginia, with camps

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Corrspondence - Support order / payment order. American Civil War

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List of Soldiers Enlisted in U. S. Service, 1861

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War maps and diagrams - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

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Birds eye view of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and part of Florida

Panorama of the seat of war, birds eye view of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and part of Florida Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Letter from John Jubb, Camp Hamilton, to Thomas and Harriet Jubb, West...

Letter from John Jubb, Camp Hamilton, to Thomas Jubb, West Chelmsford,...

Corrspondence - Civil War enlistment paper. American Civil War

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Letter from James Miller M'Kim, Phil[adelphi]a, [Pa.], to William Lloy...

James Miller M'Kim writes Richard D. Webb at the bequest of Samuel May concerning an order placed for copies of Webb's "John Brown", requesting that the number of copies ordered be modified based upon informati... More

Topographical map of Virginia between Washington and Manassas Junction

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Captains of the Stone Fleet - Public domain portrait print

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Corrspondence - Civil War, misc correspondence. American Civil War

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Letter from Timothy Callahan, Camp Hamilton, to William Jubb, Septembe...

Bird's eye view of part of Maryland, Distr of Columbia and part of Vir...

Seat of war, Bird's eye view of part of Maryland, Distr of Columbia and part of Virginia Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Corrspondence - Support order / payment order. American Civil War

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Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to Caroline Weston,...

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Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to Caroline Weston,...

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10-page report on town's preparations, enlistments, and procurement of...

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Corrspondence - Civil War enlistment paper. American Civil War

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Men and Supplies from Southborough and Upton, 1861

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Bills and Receipts for Supplies, 1861-1862

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The Naval Brigade under command of Lt. Crosby. . ., Hampton Creek, nig...

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Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to Caroline Weston,...

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Letter from Henry Clarke Wright, Boston, [Massachusetts], to William L...

Henry Clarke Wright writes to William Lloyd Garrison, quoting a passage about the abandonment of Fort Sumter from the latest issue of the New York Tribune, saying "it will cheer the heart of every friend of fre... More

Birds eye view of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and the District of Col...

Torn in Two: Three separately published bird's-eye views provide a continuous panoramic perspective of the southeastern United States coast, extending from the Chesapeake Bay to Florida. Together they highlight... More

Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to Caroline Weston,...

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View of Chambersburg Turnpike from Gettysburg, showing a portion of th...

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Men and Supplies from Southborough and Upton, 1861

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Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to Caroline Weston,...

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Village of Hampton, Va. sketched on the day of the occupation by the 3...

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Corrspondence - Civil War enlistment paper. American Civil War

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Rosecrans & Sheridan. - Public domain dedication image

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Letter from Hamilton Willis, Detroit, [Michigan], to William Lloyd Gar...

Hamilton Willis writes to William Lloyd Garrison telling him that from Garrison's account of James "he is the man I want" and he can "have such employment as his age will enable him to perform." Willis then ide... More

Letter from Oliver Johnson, New York, [N.Y.], to James Miller M'Kim, 3...

Oliver Johnson writes to James Miller M'Kim expressing his concern that the War may bring about the "death of the Standard', and that he has received a letter from Maria Weston Chapman asserting her view that i... More

Men and Supplies from Southborough and Upton, 1861

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That feed wont do. - A political cartoon of a man and a cow

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Birds eye view of Florida and part of Georgia and Alabama

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Howard ambulance, front and side view, on city street.

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Jefferson Barracks. St. Louis, Mo. Group of men seated and standing o...

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Letter from Joseph Ricketson, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Deborah Weston,...

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Rebels preparing to bombard Fort Sumter--scene on Cummings Point

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10-page report on town's preparations, enlistments, and procurement of...

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Letter from John Jubb, Camp Hamilton, to Thomas Jubb, West Chelmsford,...

Georgetown, Washington, Alexandria. May '61

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Letter from Samuel May, Jr., Leicester [Mass.], to William Lloyd Garri...

Samuel May Jr. asks William Lloyd Garrison not to hurry to get to his (May’s) tract. Commenting on the commotion across the nation (involving the Southern attempts at secession), May express his support for Gar... More

Men and Supplies from Southborough and Upton, 1861

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10-page report on town's preparations, enlistments, and procurement of...

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Corrspondence - Civil War enlistment paper. American Civil War

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Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to Caroline Weston,...

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Men and Supplies from Southborough and Upton, 1861

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Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to Caroline Weston,...

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10-page report on town's preparations, enlistments, and procurement of...

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The barn and orchard attached to Gen. Meade’s Headquarters. During th...

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Letter from Oliver Johnson, New York, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garriso...

Oliver Johnson reports that Wendell Phillips's speech at Cooper Hall attracted a full audience, and was well received. Johnson informs Garrison that the "efforts of the Herald to create a riot were an utter fai... More

Letter from Hamilton Willis, Detroit, [Michigan], to William Lloyd Gar...

Hamilton Willis writes to William Lloyd Garrison telling him that from Garrison's account of James "he is the man I want" and he can "have such employment as his age will enable him to perform." Willis then ide... More

Corrspondence - Civil War enlistment paper. American Civil War

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Men and Supplies from Southborough and Upton, 1861

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10-page report on town's preparations, enlistments, and procurement of...

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Corrspondence - Support order / payment order. American Civil War

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H.H. Lloyd & Co's campaign military charts showing the principal strat...

H.H. Lloyd & Co's military charts | Fifteen maps on one sheet | Campaign military charts showing the principal strategic places of interest Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Dead rebel sharpshooter at Gettysburg

This photograph of the Gettysburg battlefield was selected from an album attributed to Mathew Brady. However, many were not taken by Brady himself, but by his team of unrecognized assistants or by former associ... More

Hospital Steamer ‘Red Rover.’ - Public domain dedication image

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Military map of the United States & territories showing the location o...

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Wyld's military map of the United States, the northern states, and the...

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. . . . Oakhill, the north end of Falls Church, Va.

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Corrspondence - Support order / payment order. American Civil War

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Slaves building Confederate Army fortifications at James Island, Charl...

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Civil War enlistment "certificate"

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Letter from Henry Clarke Wright, Boston, [Massachusetts], to William L...

Henry Clarke Wright writes to William Lloyd Garrison, quoting a passage about the abandonment of Fort Sumter from the latest issue of the New York Tribune, saying "it will cheer the heart of every friend of fre... More

Letter from Henry Clarke Wright, Elkhart, I[ndian]a, to William Lloyd ...

Henry Clarke Wright writes to William Lloyd Garrison that he has given "22 public & many social lectures" on the "Causes & Cure of the [American Civil] War" since he left Boston in August. He reports that he ha... More

Three orders to pay - Brookline public library manuscript collection

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View from Mount Pleasant, Arlington Heights, Va.

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Arrival of the New York 71st regiment at the Railroad Depot, Washingto...

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Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Greenfield, Kilgobbin, Co[unty], [Dubl...

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John Morse - Public domain portrait print

Carte d visite of John N. Morse of Wayland. Name written on back, "John N. Morse 35th Reg't" Courtesy of Sudbury Historical Society

Cemetery Hill, Showing the Gateway and a portion of the Cemetery.

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Mathais Point. Death of Capt. Ward on board the Thomas Freeborn gunboa...

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Corrspondence - Civil War enlistment paper. American Civil War

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The residence of John L. Burns, now familiarly known as the Hero of Ge...

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10-page report on town's preparations, enlistments, and procurement of...

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The Hercules of the Union, slaying the great dragon of secession

General Winfield Scott, a hero of the Mexican War and unsuccessful Whig candidate for President in 1852, was in command of the Union forces at the beginning of the Civil War. He resigned late in 1861, father th... More

[Group of USSC personnel; eight seated in front, ten standing in rear....

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Letter from Samuel Joseph, New York, to Mary Anne Estlin, 1861 Feb[rua...

Samuel Joseph May writes to Mary Anne Estlin in regards to the current state of affairs in the U.S. as a result of the Civil War. He writes that people were not prepared to take up the antislavery cause but his... More

The way to fix 'em - A cartoon of a man sitting on a chair

Jefferson Davis roasting chestnuts over the fire at Fort Sumter. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Letter from J. Livingston, Philadelphia, [Pa.], to William Lloyd Garri...

Livingston writes that there can "be but little doubt" that the "British Aristocracy and Manchester men" are seriously considering intervening in the Civil War on the side of the Confederacy, with France possib... More

Men and Supplies from Southborough and Upton, 1861

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Corrspondence - Civil War enlistment paper. American Civil War

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10-page report on town's preparations, enlistments, and procurement of...

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