General Siegel Crossing the Osage River

Civil War Harper's Weekly, November 16, 1861

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Abraham Lincoln and Winfield Scott

General Scott's Resignation

McClellan Takes Command of Union Army

General Sherman on the Wabash

Scouting Party

War in Southwestern Missouri

Slave Hunters

Cotton Planter Cartoon

The Union Navy

Battle of Springfield Missouri

General Siegel Crossing the Osage River

Army Beef on the Long Bridge