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| Description: | Studio portrait of H.H. Bennett wearing a GAR (Grand Army of the Republic) uniform. |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Civil War portrait of Ulysses S. Grant seated wearing a military uniform. |
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| Description: | An engraving of Ulysses S. Grant in uniform. |
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| Description: | An engraving from a photograph of Ulysses S. Grant wearing a military uniform. He is seated in front of a cannon with a map unfolded in his lap, and cannon... |
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| Description: | An engraving from a painting of Robert E. Lee signing the document that would end the war between the states in the presence of Ulysses S. Grant and their ... |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | This composite portrait of David G. Farragut, William T. Sherman, George H. Thomas, Abraham Lincoln, George G. Meade, Ulysses S. Grant, Joseph Hooker, Phil... |
| Date: | 09 1887 |
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| Description: | A group portrait of Civil War veterans and their families pose in front of the Milwaukee armory building at the reunion of The Iron Brigade. |
| Date: | 1867 |
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| Description: | Engraving of portraits of Generals in the Union Army during the Civil War. U.S. Grant is in the center, with H.W. Halleck on his left, and clockwise from t... |
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| Description: | Engraving of portraits of Civil War Union Army generals, clockwise from the top, P.H. Sheridan, D.D. Porter, W.S. Hancock, O.O. Howard, George G. Meade, W.... |
| Date: | 1863 |
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| Description: | Union army officers. From left are: General U.S. Grant, General Rawlins, General Webster, Colonel Lagow, and Colonel Killyer take a break. |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | A composite of Civil War Confederate Commanders, this is one of the first known examples of a composite photograph and of the use of photography in adverti... |
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| Description: | Jefferson Davis, center, surrounded by, clockwise from the top: Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee, A.P. Hill, J.E.B. Stuart, Braxton Bragg, Joseph E. John... |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Horace Greeley, wearing top hat, with soldiers at the Union Army Winter Quarters. |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Two men cook at griddles while another leans on an open door to one of many tents at a Civil War army camp. |
| Date: | 08 1864 |
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| Description: | Soldiers relax around the Army Post Office at the quarters of the Chief Ambulance Officer, Ninth Army Corps. |
| Date: | 1863 |
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| Description: | The men in this tintype image were among 500 soldiers taken prisoner at Brentwood on March 25, 1863 and sent to Richmond. They were exchanged for Confedera... |
| Date: | 1862 |
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| Description: | Poster calling for volunteers for the Civil War, claiming "Highest Bounty And Pay!". |
| Date: | 04 23 1861 |
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| Description: | Recruiting poster for the "Patriots of St. Croix" to "take up arms". |
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