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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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Elmer E. Ellsworth

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

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Description: Vignetted engraved portrait of Major General Nathaniel P. Banks in uniform with epaulettes. He was born on January 30, 1816 in Waltham, Massachusetts. Prio...
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Nathaniel P. Banks

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Description: Seated engraved portrait of Major General Nathaniel P. Banks, in a uniform with epaulettes, posed with his sword in his left hand. He was born on January 3...
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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: Head and shoulders engraved portrait of General Burnside.
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Ambrose Burnside

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Description: Waist-up engraved portrait of General Ambrose Burnside.
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Benjamin F. Butler

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Description: Vignetted engraved portrait of Major General Benjamin F. Butler.
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Benjamin F. Butler

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Description: Seated engraved portrait of Major General Benjamin F. Butler.
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John Adams Dix

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Description: Head and shoulders engraved portrait of General John Adams Dix.
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John G. Foster

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Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Major General John G. Foster. At the start of the war he was the chief engineer of the fortifications of Charleston H...
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William B. Franklin

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Description: Engraved three-quarter length carte-de-visite portrait of Major General William B. Franklin, a corps commander of the U.S. Army of the Potomac, seeing acti...
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John C. Fremont

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Description: Engraved vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Major General John C. Fremont in officer uniform. During the war he commanded the Department of the West.
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Quincy A. Gilmore

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Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Major General Quincy A. Gilmore, who conducted the siege at Fort Pulaski, and from June 1863 to May 1864 he commanded...
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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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