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Major George Bill

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Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait of Major George Bill, 7th Wisconsin Infantry.
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Three Civil War Colonels

Date: 1897
Description: A painting of the three colonels of the 26th North Carolina Regiment. John R. Lane (born July 4, 1835), Harry King Burgwyn (born October 3, 1841), Zebulon...
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Major General Ulysses S. Grant

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Description: An engraving of Ulysses S. Grant in uniform.
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Ulysses S. Grant Seated with Map

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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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Union Generals of the Civil War

Date: 1867
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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President Jefferson Davis of the Confederate States of America and Generals

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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...
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Heroes of the Civil War

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Description: "Heroes of the Civil War". Engraving of eight Union leaders with decorative battlefield scenes.
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Brigadeer General Anthony Wayne

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Description: Portrait of Brigadeer General Anthony Wayne, taken from an engraving from "The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans".
Photograph

Samuel C. Johnson

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Description: Waist-up seated portrait of Samuel C. Johnson, a corporal in C Company, 15th Wisconsin Infantry, in uniform with corporal chevrons on the sleeves. The foll...
Photograph

Colonel Samuel Stone

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Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Colonel Samuel Stone (1798-1876), Massachusetts-born Union Colonel. Before his army service, Stone's various occupati...
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General Carl Schurz

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Description: Engraved portrait of Carl Schurz, a German immigrant who settled in Wisconsin in 1855. President Abraham Lincoln appointed Schurz to the rank of general in...
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Jerome A. Watrous

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Description: Engraved portrait of Jerome A. Watrous for the American Historical Society, probably wearing his Spanish-American War uniform.
Photograph

Captain Henry Dillion

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Description: Waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of Captain Henry Dillon, 6th Battery, 6th Wisconsin Light Artillery, in military uniform.
Photograph

Edwin D. Henry

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Description: Waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of Captain Edwin D. Henry, Company B, 4th Wisconsin Cavalry.
Photograph

Lewis Jones

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Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait of Captain Lewis Jones from Company E of the 4th Wisconsin Cavalry.
Photograph

Milo Seeley

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Description: Seated carte-de-visite studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of 2nd Lieutenant Milo Suley, Company F, 4th Wisconsin Cavalry, sitting in a chair an...
Photograph

George B. Bingham

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Description: Three-quarter length carte-de-visite portrait of Colonel George B. Bingham, 1st Wisconsin Infantry, standing.
Photograph

Robert Hill

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Description: Three-quarter length carte-de-visite portrait of Captain Robert Hill, Company C, 1st Wisconsin Infantry.
Photograph

Charles J. Robinson

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Description: Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of 2nd Lieutenant Charles J. Robinson, Company G, 1st Wisconsin Infantry, standing with his sword in his right hand an...
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Herman P. Schuyler

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Description: Three-quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of 2nd Lieutenant Herman P. Schuyler, Company A, 1st Wisconsin Infantry, in front of a painted backdrop.

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