American Civil War (1860-1865) Gallery

American Civil War Poster

Recruiting poster from the American Civil War, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, USA, circa 1861. The poster reads: Continental Cavalry! Col. J.E. Peyton. To horse! To horse! An opportunity is offered to all bold and daring men to engage in this most attractive species of military service, armed like the regular cavalry, with Sharpi?oes carbine, Colti?oes revolver, and sabre. Bounty $315 Recruiting station, 46 S. Third St. N.S. Peterson, Captain. 1st Lieut., J. Chester White. 2d Lieut., Richard D. Pettit. The illustration shows a cavalry charge, with two buildings in the background. (Photo by Kean Collection/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

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American Civil War

Confederate cartoon entitled Virginia Paws-ing, depicting Abraham Lincoln as a cat, with the caption A Consoling Thought (Uncle Abe is catching Virginia as it secedes. They are saying:) Uncle Abe: Nothing is going wrong. Nothing really hurts anybody. Nobody is suffering anything. Virginia: We can go out on the 4th of July as well as the 4th of March. Beneath the dead rat on the left is written, The Union must and shall be preserved. The others are, from left to right, Texas, Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama and Florida, Mississippi, and South Carolina. USA, circa 1861. (Photo by Fotosearch/Getty Images)

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Battle of Belmont

Vintage engraving from 1863 of a map of the Battle of Belmont which was fought on November 7, 1861, in Mississippi County, Missouri. It was the first combat test in the American Civil War for Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. On November 6, Grant sailed from Cairo, Illinois, to attack the Confederate fortress at Columbus, Kentucky. The next morning, he learned that Confederate troops had crossed the Mississippi River to Belmont, Missouri. He landed his men on the Missouri side and marched to Belmont. Grant's troops overran the Confederate camp and destroyed it. However, the scattered Confederate forces quickly reorganized and were reinforced from Columbus. They then counterattacked, supported by heavy artillery fire from across the river. Grant retreated to his riverboats and took his men to Paducah, Kentucky

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