Henri Lovie. The Camp of the Contrabands on the Banks of the Mississippi, Fort Pickering, Memphis, Tenn, 1862. Courtesy American Antiquarian Society. This illustration, by Cincinnati-based artist Henri Lovie, was published in Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper in late 1862. The text that accompanied it notes that the “national government” had formed this camp for men […]
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Taking Care of Business – Civil War Shades
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Lucy Virginia Smith French – Civil War Shades
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View of Knoxville, TN, 1865. Part 1 of 4. – Civil War Shades
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Dickson-Williams Mansion, North Irish & West Church Streets, Greeneville, Greene, TN – Civil War Shades
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Cyclorama of the Battle of Gettysburg – Civil War Shades
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Plan of the Military Prison Situated on Johnson’s Island (Map) – Civil War Shades
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Elmwood Cemetery – Civil War Shades
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Chattanooga Valley Landscape, Right Side, Possibly Based on a Stereoscope – Civil War Shades
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The Battle of Lookout Mountain, November 25, 1863 – The Scene from Lookout Valley – Civil War Shades
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Photograph of Theodore Davis – Civil War Shades
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1st Regiment Tennessee Infantry, Volunteers of African Descent – Civil War Shades
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Island Home, Dickinson Residence – Civil War Shades
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Drawings of Confederate Soldiers – Civil War Shades
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