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Illustrared four verse song and chorus sung to the tune of ''Old Virginia Low Lands, Low.'' "Respectfully dedicated to the Army of the Potomac by James D. Gay." Lyrics depict singer inviting Confederate soldiers to join the Union and vote for Abraham…

Grant and his nine officers sit or stand under a tent during the American Civil War. The men in the image include Ulysses S. Grant, Adam Badeau, Cyrus Comstock, Frederick T. Dent, William L. Duff, John A. Rawlings, Henry Robinett, Ely S. Parker, and…

Benjamin H. Grierson, a cavalry general in the United States Army from 1861-1890, poses in uniform. Grierson served as a commanding officer during the American Civil War and Indian Wars. In 1863 he led the successful Grierson's Raid as part of the…

Benjamin H. Grierson, a cavalry general in the United States Army from 1861-1890, poses for a portrait. Grierson served as a commanding officer during the American Civil War and Indian Wars.

Members of the Illinois House of Representatives and Illinois Senate pose for a photograph during a visit to the Illinois Soldier's Orphan's Home (later known as the Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's School) in Normal. Joseph Fifer and…

Photo of General A. Bradley's headstone

Geff fire fighters pose for a group photo in front of their new fire truck.

Illustrated seven verse song and chorus. "Composed and sung by Miss Anne Rush, the Philadelphia Vocalist." Lyrics depict female singer maintaining a positive attitude despite political upheaval in the United States. Color cover image depicts woman…

Soldiers in France learn to use gas masks, a device which became essential with the use of chemical warfare during World War I.

The Garrison Hill Cemetery at the old Fort Kaskaskia site stands on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River which is partially obscured from view by the trees. During massive flooding in 1881, the citizens of Kaskaskia relocated 3,000 graves from…

Orrell Marietta "Rita" Garrison Estep, Thomas Elver Garrison, and Charles Garrison, the children of Alva and Mary Jane Garrison, pose for a portrait.

Students of a Garrett grade school gather for a class photo, Charles Wilson can be seen at top left. Sign in the foreground reads: "Garrett Un. Dis. 10 Tp. 16 R 7".

A view shows the church-like building of the Garrett Biblical Institute at Northwestern University in Evanston. The school, founded in 1853, was the first Methodist seminary in the Midwest.

Several women work at sewing machines inside a large garment factory.

Wealthy Boston merchant Gardner Brewer writes to a "Mrs. Alexander" about Lincoln's assassination and its impact on the nation.

A bearded man and two young girls prepare a garden.

Several men stand next to automobiles in a mechanic's garage. Sign at back reads: "We sell Goodyear automobile tires."

A general view looking north shows the gap cut into the south levee at Mounds.

Floodwater drains from Mound City through a gap in the levee cut by Works Progress Administration men.

Photo caption: "Mme. Ganna Walska McCormick, who has not been in the U.S. for the past five years, shown on her arrival in New York Oct. 31 aboard the Ile de France. She is here to rejuvenate and repair her Park Avenue home. She denied coming to be a…

A side view shows Illinois State Police officers loading a truck behind a building with material confiscated from a business accused of running illegal gambling operations. Beginning in the early 1950s, newly elected Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson…

Illinois State Police officers load a truck full of material confiscated from a business accused of running illegal gambling operations. Beginning in the early 1950s, newly elected Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson II, 1949-1953, began a campaign to…

Robert Todd Lincoln makes one handwritten correction in the galley proofs of a speech he gave at Galesburg, Illinois, at the at the celebration of the 38th anniversary of the Lincoln-Douglas debate in Galesburg.