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This painting by Thomas Waterman Wood shows the same African American man from "The Recruit" still in his uniform, but as an amputee on crutches. He nevertheless raises his right hand in salute. His uniform is faded, and dust covers his hat and…

A stereograph taken by photographer D.B. Woodbury showing an African American family pausing around a wagon, captioned as a scene taken on January 1, 1863, the first day that the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect. Artist Alfred Waud would…

Detail of "Chart of the Mississippi River from the Ohio River to Gulf of Mexico" showing Milliken's Bend, Young's Point, Vicksburg and other locations along the Mississippi River.

Detail of plot of Vicksburg District, for Leasing Abandoned Plantations, circa 1863. No date appears on the map, but it would seem likely that this map may have been used during 1863 when plantations began to be leased in the area. An "X" by the…

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