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![[Architectural details with notation: LINCOLN] during American Civil War](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDkvYXJjaGl0ZWN0dXJhbC1kZXRhaWxzLXdpdGgtbm90YXRpb24tbGluY29sbi01Yjk2YWUtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/489/jpg "[Architectural details with notation: LINCOLN] during American Civil War")
![[Man with cigarette]. Book illustration from Library of Congress](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NzAvMDEvMDEvbWFuLXdpdGgtY2lnYXJldHRlLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/39/webp "[Man with cigarette]. Book illustration from Library of Congress")
![[Building under construction; Lincoln Memorial in the distance, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzYvMDEvMDEvYnVpbGRpbmctdW5kZXItY29uc3RydWN0aW9uLWxpbmNvbG4tbWVtb3JpYWwtaW4tdGhlLWRpc3RhbmNlLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tZGMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[Building under construction; Lincoln Memorial in the distance, Washington, D.C.]")
![[Sketches of the Signal Corps during the American Civil War]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDEvc2tldGNoZXMtb2YtdGhlLXNpZ25hbC1jb3Jwcy1kdXJpbmctdGhlLWFtZXJpY2FuLWNpdmlsLXdhci01YTVkYzctNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/26/webp "[Sketches of the Signal Corps during the American Civil War]")
![[Civil War proof maps : United States].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTYvY2l2aWwtd2FyLXByb29mLW1hcHMtdW5pdGVkLXN0YXRlcy05ODQ1OWQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/28/webp "[Civil War proof maps : United States].")
![[Civil War proof maps : United States].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTYvY2l2aWwtd2FyLXByb29mLW1hcHMtdW5pdGVkLXN0YXRlcy04MDE0NTYtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/38/webp "[Civil War proof maps : United States].")
![[Civil War proof maps : United States].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTYvY2l2aWwtd2FyLXByb29mLW1hcHMtdW5pdGVkLXN0YXRlcy05NjczZTktNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/67/webp "[Civil War proof maps : United States].")
