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Joseph Hooker

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Description: Engraved vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Major General Joseph Hooker. General Hooker received a commission of Brigadier General from President Lincol...
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Governor Kohler and Reserved Corps School Officials

Date: 11 13 1951
Description: Governor Walter Kohler, center, congratulates Colonel Carl A. Flom on the activation of the 5956th Organized Reserve Corps School. At left is Major General...
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Delta Delta Delta Sorority Mortgage Burning Ceremony

Date: 11 19 1951
Description: Officers of the house association of Mu chapter of the Delta Delta Delta sorority burned the mortgage on the chapter house located at 120 Langdon Street at...
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"Brad" Robinson Family

Date: 1925
Description: A studio portrait, presumably of Brad Robinson, his son and grandson. The eldest wears a badge of the Grand Army of the Republic, identifying him as a Civ...
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Military Order of World Wars, Madison Chapter

Date: 12 01 1951
Description: Shown left to right at the founding of the Military Order of World Wars, Madison Chapter, are: Col. Herbert P. Schowalter, West Bend, president of the Wisc...
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Albion Parris Howe

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Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait of Major General Albion Parris Howe, commander of the 2nd Division, 6th Corps, Army of the Potomac.
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David Hunter

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Description: Engraved quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of Major General David Hunter. David Hunter as promoted to Major General in August 1861 and was appointed ...
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Philip Kearney

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Description: Engraved three-quarter length carte-de-visite portrait of Brigadier General Philip Kearney, commander of the 1st New Jersey Brigade.
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Mortimer D. Leggett

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Description: Waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of Major General Mortimer D. Leggett, a commander in the 78th Ohio Volunteers.
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John A. Logan

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Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait of Major General John Alexander Logan, a commander of Ulysses S. Grant's Army of the Tennessee. After the First Battle of M...
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George B. McClellan

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Description: Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Major General George B. McClellan holding his sword in his left hand. At Major General in the Regular Army. After t...
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George B. McClellan and his wife, Ellen Mary Marcy

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Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Major General George B. McClellan standing, with his wife, Ellen Mary Marcy, seated.
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Churchill and Leahy

Date: 02 10 1946
Description: Admiral William D. Leahy, the personal representative of President Truman, greets former Prime Minister Winston Churchill at the Washington D.C. airport. L...
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Thomas F. Meagher

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Description: Engraved quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of Brigadier General Thomas Francis Meagher, Commander of the Irish Brigade, which comprised of the 28th M...
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John Pope

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Description: Engraved waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of Brigadier General John Pope. At the start of the Civil War he commanded the troops in northern Missouri. From...
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John Schofield

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Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Major General John McAllister Schofield. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he was commissioned as a major in the Miss...
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Philip Sheridan

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Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Major General Philip Henry Sheridan. For his actions in the war he was able to quickly rise through the ranks, starti...
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Franz Sigel

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Description: Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Major General Franz Sigel, posed in front of a painted backdrop.
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A Fleet of Admirals

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Description: Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy (center) posed with several other World War II naval officers: (far left) Rear Admiral Ross McIntyre, personal physician to ...
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Vietnam Meeting

Date: 12 23 1967
Description: President Lyndon Johnson with General William Westmoreland and Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker in Vietnam.

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