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Mohawk John Brant

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Description: John Brant, son of Joseph Brant, and member of the Mohawk tribe. From an 1838 portrait by Charles Bird King.
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Mohawk Captain Joseph Brant

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Description: Portrait of Mohawk Captain Joseph Brant (Thayendanegea). From original 1806 oil painting by Ezra Ames.
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Solomon Juneau, Founder of Milwaukee

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Description: Carte-de-visite portrait engraving of Solomon Laurent Juneau (1793-1856), Wisconsin fur trader and politician.
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Strategy or Change of Base

Date: 1865
Description: "Strategy or Change of Base". Photographic card of a cartoon concerning Jefferson Davis' flight across Georgia in women's clothing hoping to reach the Miss...
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Cartoon of the Flight of Jefferson Davis

Date: 1865
Description: Jefferson Davis in a hoop skirt with a basket and fallen dagger. Photographic card of a cartoon concerning Jefferson Davis' flight across Georgia in women...
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Elmer E. Ellsworth

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Description: Carte-de-visite featuring a quarter length, hand-drawn portrait of Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth, F & S, 11th New York Infantry, in Union uniform. He was born...
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Nathaniel P. Banks

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Description: Waist-up engraved portrait of Major General Nathaniel P. Banks, who was born on January 30, 1816 in Waltham, Massachusetts. Prior to the Civil War he serve...
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Ambrose Burnside

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Description: Waist-up engraved portrait of General Ambrose Burnside.
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Ulysses S. Grant and Family

Date: 1866
Description: Engraved carte-de-visite portrait of General Ulysses S. Grant and his family.
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Ulysses S. Grant

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Description: Engraved vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant.
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P.G.T. Beauregard

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Description: Engraved carte-de-visite portrait of Confederate General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregrad.
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Jefferson Davis

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Description: Engraved three-quarter length carte-de-visite portrait of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States of America.
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Cartoon of Jefferson Davis

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Description: Carte-de-visite cartoon drawing of Jefferson Davis, showing him as he fled from being captured by Union troops when they took Richmond, Virginia. He is dis...
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Cartoon of Jefferson Davis

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Description: Carte-de-visite cartoon drawing of Jefferson Davis, being captured by Union troops while wearing a dress and escorted by other women. Titled "A So Called P...
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John Brown

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Description: Engraved vignetted carte-de-visite of John Brown, who led a raid on the U.S. Arsenal on October 16, 1859, at Harper's Ferry in the hopes of capturing weapo...
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William H. Seward

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Description: Engraved carte-de-visite portrait of William H. Seward, Secretary of State under the Lincoln Administration.
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William H. Seward

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Description: Engraved carte-de-visite profile portrait of William H. Seward, Secretary of State under the Lincoln Administration.
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William H. Seward

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Description: Engraved carte-de-visite profile portrait of William H. Seward, Secretary of State under the Lincoln Administration.
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Edwin M. Stanton

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Description: Engraved waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War from 1861-1868.
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Edwin M. Stanton

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Description: Engraved waist-up length carte-de-visite portrait of Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War from 1861-1868.

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