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![[Dove carrying olive branch, being stabbed by hammer and sickle and dripping blood in the shape of a star]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NjkvMDEvMDEvZG92ZS1jYXJyeWluZy1vbGl2ZS1icmFuY2gtYmVpbmctc3RhYmJlZC1ieS1oYW1tZXItYW5kLXNpY2tsZS1hbmQtZHJpcHBpbmctMS02NDAuanBn/320/232/jpg "[Dove carrying olive branch, being stabbed by hammer and sickle and dripping blood in the shape of a star]")
![[Dove carrying olive branch, being stabbed by hammer and sickle and dripping blood in the shape of a star]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NjkvMDEvMDEvZG92ZS1jYXJyeWluZy1vbGl2ZS1icmFuY2gtYmVpbmctc3RhYmJlZC1ieS1oYW1tZXItYW5kLXNpY2tsZS1hbmQtZHJpcHBpbmctNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/28/webp "[Dove carrying olive branch, being stabbed by hammer and sickle and dripping blood in the shape of a star]")
![[Dove carrying olive branch, being stabbed by hammer and sickle and dripping blood in the shape of a star]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NjkvMDEvMDEvZG92ZS1jYXJyeWluZy1vbGl2ZS1icmFuY2gtYmVpbmctc3RhYmJlZC1ieS1oYW1tZXItYW5kLXNpY2tsZS1hbmQtZHJpcHBpbmctMi02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "[Dove carrying olive branch, being stabbed by hammer and sickle and dripping blood in the shape of a star]")
![[Unidentified soldier in Union frock and kepi with bayoneted flintlock musket]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTIvdW5pZGVudGlmaWVkLXNvbGRpZXItaW4tdW5pb24tZnJvY2stYW5kLWtlcGktd2l0aC1iYXlvbmV0ZWQtZmxpbnRsb2NrLW11c2tldC02ZWQwYzUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/46/webp "[Unidentified soldier in Union frock and kepi with bayoneted flintlock musket]")
![[The impassioned heroine flashed her black eyes with fire of scorn, and warriors quailed with look forlorn]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODYvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWltcGFzc2lvbmVkLWhlcm9pbmUtZmxhc2hlZC1oZXItYmxhY2stZXllcy13aXRoLWZpcmUtb2Ytc2Nvcm4tYW5kLXdhcnJpb3JzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/53/webp "[The impassioned heroine flashed her black eyes with fire of scorn, and warriors quailed with look forlorn]")
![[Sketch of a cannoneer and a cannon]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTUvc2tldGNoLW9mLWEtY2Fubm9uZWVyLWFuZC1hLWNhbm5vbi0yN2ZiMGMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/55/webp "[Sketch of a cannoneer and a cannon]")
![[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with musket, bayonet and scabbard, and knapsack]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDgvdW5pZGVudGlmaWVkLXNvbGRpZXItaW4tdW5pb24tdW5pZm9ybS13aXRoLW11c2tldC1iYXlvbmV0LWFuZC1zY2FiYmFyZC1hbmQtYjU1OTQyLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/45/webp "[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with musket, bayonet and scabbard, and knapsack]")
