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![Enlist to-day in the 69th infantry Join the famous Irish regiment [...] Go to the front with your friends [...]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjYvZW5saXN0LXRvLWRheS1pbi10aGUtNjl0aC1pbmZhbnRyeS1qb2luLXRoZS1mYW1vdXMtaXJpc2gtcmVnaW1lbnQtZ28tdG8tdGhlLWNhZTFhYy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/320/452/jpg "Enlist to-day in the 69th infantry Join the famous Irish regiment [...] Go to the front with your friends [...]")
![Enlist to-day in the 69th infantry Join the famous Irish regiment [...] Go to the front with your friends [...]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjYvZW5saXN0LXRvLWRheS1pbi10aGUtNjl0aC1pbmZhbnRyeS1qb2luLXRoZS1mYW1vdXMtaXJpc2gtcmVnaW1lbnQtZ28tdG8tdGhlLTQ2ZWI1MS02NDAuanBn/40/49/webp "Enlist to-day in the 69th infantry Join the famous Irish regiment [...] Go to the front with your friends [...]")
![Irish demonstration [...] protest](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjAvMDEvMDEvaXJpc2gtZGVtb25zdHJhdGlvbi1wcm90ZXN0LTMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "Irish demonstration [...] protest")
![Education among the freedmen ... To the friends of education among the freedmen ... [after 1862].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMzAvZWR1Y2F0aW9uLWFtb25nLXRoZS1mcmVlZG1lbi10by10aGUtZnJpZW5kcy1vZi1lZHVjYXRpb24tYW1vbmctdGhlLWZyZWVkbWVuLTEzYWU4MS02NDAuanBn/40/49/webp "Education among the freedmen ... To the friends of education among the freedmen ... [after 1862].")
![[Unidentified soldier in Union captain's uniform with artillery saber]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTYvdW5pZGVudGlmaWVkLXNvbGRpZXItaW4tdW5pb24tY2FwdGFpbnMtdW5pZm9ybS13aXRoLWFydGlsbGVyeS1zYWJlci04YzhhM2QtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/47/webp "[Unidentified soldier in Union captain's uniform with artillery saber]")
![[Ten unidentified artillery soldiers in Union uniforms with cannon]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDYvdGVuLXVuaWRlbnRpZmllZC1hcnRpbGxlcnktc29sZGllcnMtaW4tdW5pb24tdW5pZm9ybXMtd2l0aC1jYW5ub24tMWU1NDA3LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/33/webp "[Ten unidentified artillery soldiers in Union uniforms with cannon]")
![[Unidentified soldier in Union cavalry uniform holding saber]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjEvMDEvMDEvdW5pZGVudGlmaWVkLXNvbGRpZXItaW4tdW5pb24tY2F2YWxyeS11bmlmb3JtLWhvbGRpbmctc2FiZXItMS02NDAuanBn/40/47/webp "[Unidentified soldier in Union cavalry uniform holding saber]")
