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Battle of Wilson's Creek
The charge of the First Iowa Regiment, with General Lyon at its head, at the Battle of Wilson's Creek, near Springfield, Missouri, August 10, 1861, woodcut by an unknown artist, near Springfield, Missouri, 30 August 1861...
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Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon
Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon, U.S. Army, engraving by Adam B. Walter, Philadelphia, circa 1860s to 1870s. General Lyon was the commander of the federal forces at the Battle of Wilson's Creek, where he was killed...
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The Ray House, Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
House of the Ray family at Wilson's Creek National Battlefield, photograph by J. Pinta, SW Missouri, 10 March 2014. The Ray House is one of the few remaining structures from the Battle of Wilson's...
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Nicholas Bartlett Pearce
Nicholas Bartlett Pearce, photograph by an unknown photographer, c. 1828 to c. 1894. Nicholas Bartlett Pearce, better known as N. Bart Pearce, was the commander of the Army of Arkansas, contributing to the Confederate...
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Claiborne Fox Jackson, Governor of Missouri
Claiborne Fox Jackson, photograph of a painting by an unknown photographer, c. 1900. Claiborne Fox Jackson was the governor of Missouri during the American Civil War, and although Missouri was a neutral...
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Map of the Caucasus after the Peace of Nisibis 299 CE - Roman and Sasanian Power on the Caucasian Frontier
The Peace of Nisibis (299 CE) ended the Roman–Sasanian War of 296–299 CE after Galerius, Caesar under the Roman emperor Diocletian (reign 284–305 CE), defeated...
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Map of the African Slave Trade Networks, c. 1750 - Atlantic, Trans-Saharan, Red Sea & Indian Ocean Routes
By c. 1750, the slave trades affecting Africa were entering a period of major transformation. Long-established trans-Saharan, Red Sea, and Indian Ocean networks...
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P. G. T. Beauregard Later in Life
P. G. T. Beauregard, photograph by unknown photographer, c.1860 to c.1920. This photograph shows Beauregard later in his life, and was likely taken towards the end of the American Civil War or following. Although...
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Map of the Holy Roman Empire under Otto the Great c. 972 - The Formation of Imperial Rule in Medieval Europe
The Holy Roman Empire emerged from the fragmentation of the Carolingian world during the 9th and 10th centuries, as the eastern Frankish kingdom developed...
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Dividing the National Map - The Four-Way Race of the 1860 Presidential Election
Dividing the National Map, lithograph on wove paper, c. 1860. Here, a cartoon parodies the four candidates in the US presidential election of 1860 — Abraham Lincoln, Stephen A...
