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  • Collection: Southern Illinois History

Abraham_Lincoln_by_Nicholas_Shepherd,_1846-crop.jpg
Quarter plate daguerreotype of Abraham Lincoln, Congressman-elect from Illinois, in 1846 or 1847. Attributed to Nicholas H. Shepherd, based on the recollections of Gibson W. Harris, a law student in Lincoln's office from 1845 to 1847.

03124u_Logan_family_crop_small.jpg
Photograph by Mathew B. Brady (1823-1896) shows John A. Logan with his wife, Mary Simmerson Cunningham Logan, his son, John Alexander Logan, Jr. (born Manning Alexander Logan), and his daughter, Mary Elizabeth "Dollie" Logan, circa 1870. Logan served…

General_Logan_at_the_Battle_of_Dallas,_May_1864.jpg
Black and white illustration of General John A. Logan riding his horse to rally the troops at the Battle of Dallas in May, 1864. Harper's Magazine text accompanying this illusration reads:
"General Sherman's Campaign. - The Rebel Assault on Logan's…

Pyrric Victory Puck Logan centerfold.jpg
The pyrrhic victory of the Mulligan guards in Maine by Joseph Keppler for Puck magazine, assailing the 1884 Republican presidential ticket of James G. Blaine and John A. Logan, and criticizing support from Frederick Douglass. The illustration shows…

Lincoln_Douglas_Debates_1958_issue-4c.jpg
1958 American Civil War commemorative issue postage stamp depicting the Lincoln-Douglas Debates in 1858.

USS_General_Bragg.jpg
Black and white photograph of the USS General Bragg (1862-1865), probably photographed at Cairo or Mound City, Illinois, circa 1862-63. Two small tugs are fitting out at left. USS Maria Denning (1861-62) is offshore at right.

Bostick_Steven_crop.jpg
Photograph of Stephen Bostick in the Patron’s Directory of the 1907 Jackson County Atlas.

32668v_USCHA_soldier_crop.jpg
Quarter-plate tintype photograph of Sergeant Tom Strawn of Company B, 3rd U.S. Colored Troops Heavy Artillery Regiment, with revolver in front of painted backdrop showing balustrade and landscape.

Bostick_Chaney_crop.jpg
Black and white photograph of Chaney Bostick, wife of Stephen Bostick, circa 1907.
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