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Bridgeman Art Library: Private Collection/Peter
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178 Corbis: Bettmann (bl); Medford Historical
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179 Corbis: Bettmann (t). The Museum of the
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NMAH (b). 198 Smithsonian Institution,
NMAH, Washington, D.C.: (t). 199 Smithsonian
Institution, Washington, D.C.: NMAH (t) (br).
Library Of Congress, Washington, D.C.: (bl).
200 Getty Images: (t). Library Of Congress,
Washington, D.C.: LC-DIG-ppmsca-22558 (b).
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Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
(b); Gettysburg National Military Park Museum,
Pennsylvania, USA/Photo © Civil War Archive (t).
202-203 Getty Images: Time & Life Pictures.
204 Corbis: Bettmann (b). 205 Library Of
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NMAH (bl) Cooper-Hewitt National Design
Museum (cb) NPG (tr). 206 The Bridgeman Art
Library: Museum of the Confederacy, Richmond,
Virginia, USA/Photo © Civil War Archive (l).
206-207 Dorling Kindersley: Gettysburg National
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Health and Medicine: (br). 208 Corbis: Bettmann.
209 The Bridgeman Art Library: Private
Collection/Peter Newark American Pictures (t).
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ppmsca-05602 (b). Smithsonian Institution,
NMAH, Washington, D.C.: (br). 210 Library Of
Congress, Washington, D.C.: LC-DIG-
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NMAH, Washington, D.C.: (t). 211 Corbis: Tria
Giovan (c). Library Of Congress, Washington,
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D.C. 214 Library Of Congress, Washington, D.C.:
LC-DIG-cwpb-03431. 215 Corbis: Medford Historical
Society Collection (t). Library Of Congress,
Washington, D.C.: LC-DIG-pga-04032 (b).
Smithsonian Institution, NMAH, Washington,
D.C.: (cr). 216 Library Of Congress, Washington,
D.C.: LC-DIG-cwpb-07196; LC-USZ62-22955 (tr).
217 Library Of Congress, Washington, D.C.:
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(br). TopFoto.co.uk: Ullsteinbild (t). 218 The
Bridgeman Art Library: Private Collection/Peter
Newark American Pictures (bl); LC-DIG-
ppmsca-08270 (t). Library Of Congress,
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219 Corbis: Medford Historical Society Collection;
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Washington, D.C.: LC-DIG-ppmsca-23180 (tl).
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Washington, D.C. 224 Corbis: Bettmann (t).
Library Of Congress, Washington, D.C.: LC-DIG-
ppmsca-20034 (b). 225 The Bridgeman Art
Library: Private Collection/Peter Newark American
Pictures (cr). Smithsonian Institution, NPG,
Washington, D.C.: (bl); LC-DIG-cwpb-06818 (br);
LC-DIG-pga-01888 (bl). 226 Library Of Congress,
Washington, D.C.: LC-DIG-ppmsca-21155 (t).
227 Corbis: Bettmann (t). TopFoto.co.uk: The
Granger Collection (b). 228-229 Corbis: Bettmann.
230-231 The Bridgeman Art Library: Private
Collection/Peter Newark American Pictures.
232 Corbis: Bettmann (br); LC-DIG-cwpb-03994
(bl). Library Of Congress, Washington, D.C.:
LC-DIG-pga-01881 (tr). New Britain Museum of
American Art: Skirmish in the Wilderness, 1864,
Oil on canvas, mounted on masonite, 18 x 26? in.,
New Britain Museum of American Art, Harriet
Russell Stanley Fund, 1944.05. Photo Alex Morganti
(tl). 232-233 Corbis: Bettmann (background).
233 Getty Images: Time & Life Pictures (crb).
Smithsonian Institution, NPG, Washington,
D.C.: (t) (tr). TopFoto.co.uk: (br). 234 Alabama
Department of Archives and History,
Montgomery, Alabama: (c). Getty Images: (bl).
Smithsonian Institution, NPG, Washington,
D.C.: (t) (br) (crb). 234-235 Corbis: Bettmann
(background). 235 Corbis: Bettmann (br). Kansas
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Congress, Washington, D.C.: LC-DIG-
ppmsca-21357 (bl). Smithsonian Institution,
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LC-DIG-ppmsca-19442 (tr). 236-237 White House
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Congress, Washington, D.C.: LC-USZ6-201 (cr).
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Bridgeman Art Library: Private Collection/Photo
© Civil War Archive (b). New Britain Museum of
American Art: Skirmish in the Wilderness, 1864,
Oil on canvas, mounted on masonite, 18 x 26.25 in.,
New Britain Museum of American Art, Harriet
Russell Stanley Fund, 1944.05. Photo Alex Morganti
(t); LC-DIG-ppmsca-23676 (br). 239 Library Of
Congress, Washington, D.C.: LC-DIG-
ppmsca-21457 (cl). 240 Corbis: Bettmann (br).
Library Of Congress, Washington, D.C.:
LC-USZ62-53692 (tr). Smithsonian Institution,
NMAH, Washington, D.C.: (l). 241 The
Bridgeman Art Library: American Antiquarian
Society, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (t). Library
Of Congress, Washington, D.C.: LC-DIG-
cwpb-00698 (br). 242-243 The Bridgeman Art
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Smithsonian Institution, NMAH, Washington,
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Of Congress, Washington, D.C.: LC-DIG-
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Smithsonian Institution, NMAH, Washington,
D.C.: (tl). 257 Corbis: Bettmann (t) (bc). Getty
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Smithsonian Institution, NMAH, Washington,
D.C.: (br); LC-USZ62-111179 (b). 262 Library Of
Congress, Washington, D.C.: LC-DIG-cwpb-03994
(t). 263 Virginia Historical Society: (b).
264 Library Of Congress, Washington, D.C.:
LC-DIG-cwpb-01402. 265 The Bridgeman Art
Library: Atlanta Historical Society. Georgia, USA/
Photo © Civil War Archive (r); Private Collection/
Peter Newark American Pictures (bc). Library Of
Congress, Washington, D.C.: LC-DIG-cwpb-06956
(bl). 266-267 The Bridgeman Art Library: Virginia
Historical Society, Richmond, Virginia, US.
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Art Library: American Antiquarian Society,
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (b). Getty Images:
(br). Library Of Congress, Washington, D.C.:
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TopFoto.co.uk: Curt Teich Postcard Archives/HIP
(br). 272-273 The Bridgeman Art Library: Private
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NMAH, Washington, D.C.: (t). 277 The
Bridgeman Art Library: Private Collection/Photo
© Civil War Archive (fbr) (br). Library Of
Congress, Washington, D.C.: LC-DIG-cwpb-03851
(t). 278-279 Library Of Congress, Washington,
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Alamy Images: INTERFOTO (t). 280-281 Corbis:
Bettmann (b). 281 TopFoto.co.uk: (tr); The
Granger Collection (tc). 282 Corbis: Bettmann (t).
Smithsonian Institution, NMAH, Washington,
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Museum of the Confederacy, Richmond, Virginia,
USA/Photo © Civil War Archive (c); Private
Collection/Photo © Civil War Archive (bl). Getty
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Museum of Art. 286 Dorling Kindersley:
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Washington, D.C.: (b). TopFoto.co.uk: (tr).
288 Corbis: Bettmann (b). The State Historical
Society of Missouri: (t). 289 Kansas State
Historical Society: (t). Library Of Congress,
Washington, D.C.: LC-DIG-cwpb-06208 (br).
290 Alabama Department of Archives and
History, Montgomery, Alabama: (r). 291 Alamy
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Library: Dallas Historical Society, Texas, USA (bl).
Corbis: Bettmann (t). 292 Corbis: Bettmann (bl).
Library Of Congress, Washington, D.C.: LC-DIG-
cwpb-03415 (t). 293 Atlanta Cyclorama and Civil
War Museum: (b). 294-295 Corbis: Bettmann.
296 The Bridgeman Art Library: Siege Museum,
Petersburg, Virginia, USA/Photo © Civil War Archive
(r). Library Of Congress, Washington, D.C.:
LC-DIG-ppmsca-20772 (l). 297 Corbis: Bettmann
(t). Library Of Congress, Washington, D.C.:
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Smithsonian Institution, NMAH, Washington,
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Congress, Washington, D.C.: LC-DIG-
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Washington, D.C.: LC-DIG-ppmsca-21458 (tr).
Smithsonian Institution, NPG, Washington,
D.C.: (b). 304-305 Corbis: Bettmann (background).
305 Library Of Congress, Washington, D.C.:
LC-USZ62-105560 (br). Smithsonian Institution,
NPG, Washington, D.C.: (t) (cr) (cra). 306 Alamy
Images: Historical Art Collection (HAC) (tl).
Smithsonian Institution, NMAH, Washington,
D.C.: (tr). The US National Archives and
Records Administration: (bl). Smithsonian
Institution, NPG, Washington, D.C.: (bc) (br).
306-307 Corbis: Bettmann (background). 307 The
Bridgeman Art Library: Private Collection/Peter
Newark American Pictures (tr). Smithsonian
Institution, NPG, Washington, D.C.: (bl) (br).
TopFoto.co.uk: The Granger Collection (cr) (tl).
308 Library Of Congress, Washington, D.C.:
LC-USZ62-127599 (b). The US National Archives
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Frans Lanting (t); LC-DIG-pga-03898 (t).
309 Library Of Congress, Washington, D.C.:
LC-DIG-ppmsca-10978 (b). 310 Alamy Images:
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Bridgeman Art Library: Museum of the
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War Archive (b). Library Of Congress,
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Corbis. 314 Library Of Congress, Washington,
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Bridgeman Art Library: (b). 315 Corbis: Bettmann
(tr). Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.:
National Postal Museum (t) NPG (br).
316 Smithsonian Institution, NMAH,
Washington, D.C.: (t). TopFoto.co.uk: The Granger
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Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.:
National Archives and Records Administration
(t) NMAH (br). 318-319 Appomattox Court
House National Historical Park. 320 Corbis:
Bettmann (l). Library Of Congress, Washington,
D.C.: LC-DIG-highsm-04710 (t). 321 Smithsonian
Institution, Washington, D.C.: NPG (l) NMAH
(r). 322-323 The Bridgeman Art Library: ©
Chicago History Museum, USA. 324 Library Of
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Washington, D.C.: (t). 325 Library o f Congress,Washington, D.C.: (l). TopFoto.co.uk: The Granger
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Getty Images: (bl). Smithsonian Institution,
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Bettmann (background). 331 The Bridgeman Art
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Monroe-Green Collection (tr). Corbis: Bettmann
(br). Smithsonian Institution, NPG, Washington,
D.C.: (t). 332 Photo Scala, Florence: © 2010.
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Culver Pictures (c). The Bridgeman Art Library:
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, USA (br).
Corbis: Bettmann (tl). Library Of Congress,
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(b). Library Of Congress, Washington, D.C.:
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(b). Smithsonian Institution Libraries,
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Granger Collection (tl). 341 The Bridgeman Art
Library: The Historic New Orleans Collection/The
Monroe-Green Collection (b). Library Of Congress,
Washington, D.C.: LC-DIG-ppmsca-17564 (t).
342 TopFoto.co.uk: The Granger Collection (cr) (bl).
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Washington, D.C.: (tl). 346-347 Smithsonian
Institution, NMAH, Washington, D.C.
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Washington, D.C.: (bl). 348 Corbis: (t).
Smithsonian Institution, NMAH, Washington,
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