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![[Title page of The Confederate Primer (4th ed., Richmond, 1864) with illus. of William & Mary College (?)]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjQvMDEvMDEvdGl0bGUtcGFnZS1vZi10aGUtY29uZmVkZXJhdGUtcHJpbWVyLTR0aC1lZC1yaWNobW9uZC0xODY0LXdpdGgtaWxsdXMtb2Ytd2lsbGlhbS02NDAuanBn/320/457/jpg "[Title page of The Confederate Primer (4th ed., Richmond, 1864) with illus. of William & Mary College (?)]")
![Confederate hosp[ital] near Richmond, Virginia, Ap[ril] 1865 (Andrew J. Russel)](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDMvY29uZmVkZXJhdGUtaG9zcGl0YWwtbmVhci1yaWNobW9uZC12YS1hcHJpbC0xODY1LTc0MjUwMS02NDAuanBn/40/28/webp "Confederate hosp[ital] near Richmond, Virginia, Ap[ril] 1865 (Andrew J. Russel)")
![[Captain William A. Hill of Company D, 4th Virginia Cavalry Regiment, with book on lap]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDYvY2FwdGFpbi13aWxsaWFtLWEtaGlsbC1vZi1jb21wYW55LWQtNHRoLXZpcmdpbmlhLWNhdmFscnktcmVnaW1lbnQtd2l0aC1ib29rLTA4ZDIwMy02NDAuanBn/40/45/webp "[Captain William A. Hill of Company D, 4th Virginia Cavalry Regiment, with book on lap]")
![The Richmond Whig, [newspaper]. April 24, 1865.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvdGhlLXJpY2htb25kLXdoaWctbmV3c3BhcGVyLWFwcmlsLTI0LTE4NjUtMi02NDAuanBn/40/58/webp "The Richmond Whig, [newspaper]. April 24, 1865.")
![[Charles Gibson] to William S. Rosecrans, [March 1864] (Draft of letter for Lincoln to send to Rosecrans regarding completion of the Southwest branch of Pacific Railroad)](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjQvMDEvMDEvY2hhcmxlcy1naWJzb24tdG8td2lsbGlhbS1zLXJvc2VjcmFucy1tYXJjaC0xODY0LWRyYWZ0LW9mLWxldHRlci1mb3ItbGluY29sbi02NDAuanBn/40/48/webp "[Charles Gibson] to William S. Rosecrans, [March 1864] (Draft of letter for Lincoln to send to Rosecrans regarding completion of the Southwest branch of Pacific Railroad)")
![Abraham Lincoln, [April 1861] (Memorandum on Philadelphia Patronage (Morris))](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjEvMDEvMDEvYWJyYWhhbS1saW5jb2xuLWFwcmlsLTE4NjEtbWVtb3JhbmR1bS1vbi1waGlsYWRlbHBoaWEtcGF0cm9uYWdlLW1vcnJpcy0xLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/76/webp "Abraham Lincoln, [April 1861] (Memorandum on Philadelphia Patronage (Morris))")
