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Oliver H. Perry's note proclaiming his Lake Erie victory: "We have met the enemy and they are ours."
Woodcut with watercolor wash

© North Wind Picture Archives

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Civil War artillery reenactors, Shiloh battlefield TN

Confederate artillery reenactors preparing to fire a 12-pounder Napoleon field cannon, Shiloh National Military Park, Tennessee.
Digital photograph

© Nancy Carter/North Wind Picture Archives

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Schwatkas discovery of Franklin expedition grave, 1880

Grave of Franklin Expedition member Lt. John Irving found by Schwatka's American search party in Greenland, 1880.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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