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Adolphus Heiman

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Description: Portrait of Civil War soldier Adolphus Heiman.
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Sargeant Major Meekins

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Description: Full-length portrait of Sargeant Major Meekins. Co. "K" 36th U.S. Colored Troops.
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Wilson Colwell

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Description: Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Captain Wilson Colwell, Company B, 2nd Wisconsin Infantry, with revolver and sword. Colwell was killed in action at...
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William H. Lindwurm

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Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait of Captain William H. Lindwurm, Company F, 6th Wisconsin Infantry, sitting and holding his sword.
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Newton H. Kingman

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Description: Three-quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of Captain Newton H. Kingman, Company I, 13th Wisconsin Infantry, wearing full uniform with sidearm and sword...
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Harrison Carroll Hobart

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Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait of Colonel Harrison Carroll Hobart, F & S, 21st Wisconsin Infantry, wearing gauntlet gloves and holding his sword.
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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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Robert H. Spencer

Date: 1865
Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Robert H. Spencer, F & S, 47th Wisconsin Infantry, holding his sword in his left hand and his hat in ...
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Elmer E. Ellsworth

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Description: Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth, F & S, 11th New York Infantry, in full Union uniform, leaning on a sword. He was born i...
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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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Carlos W. Wellman

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Description: Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Lieutenant Carlos W. Wellman (or Willman), Companies A and K, 37th Massachusetts Infantry, standing in full uniform...
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Johnnie Potter

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Description: Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Johnnie Potter standing in uniform. He is standing next to a table, and there is a sword on his left side. The boy ...
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Rufus King

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Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait of General Rufus King in uniform with epaulettes, with a sword across his left leg.
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Nathaniel P. Banks

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Description: Three-quarter length carte-de-visite portrait of Major General Nathaniel P. Banks, who was born on January 30, 1816 in Waltham, Massachusetts. He is wearin...
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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: Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Major General Nathaniel P. Banks in a uniform with epaulettes, posed with his sword in his left hand. He was born o...
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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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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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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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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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