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Alexander Ahab Arnold

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Description: Seated waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of Captain Alexander Ahab Arnold, Company C, 30th Wisconsin Infantry, sitting with his sword at his side.
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Lewis S. Burton

Date: 1862
Description: Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Captain Lewis S. Burton, Company B, 30th Wisconsin Infantry, standing in full uniform with his sword on his left si...
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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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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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Ambrose Burnside

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Description: Three-quarter length carte-de-visite portrait of General Ambrose Burnside, wearing gauntlet gloves and holding a sword.
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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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Soldiers and Officers in Gun Pit

Date: 01 22 1944
Description: Artillerymen of Battalion A are ready for an enemy attack in a gun pit, at Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). A knife is standing point dow...
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Carl Wilhelm Berg

Date: 1892
Description: Formal studio carte-de-visite in front of a painted backdrop of Carl Wilhelm Berg. He is dressed in the uniform of the Prussian Heavy Cavalry, his rank is ...
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Milwaukeeans as Characters from Faust

Date: 04 21 1876
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Jim [James] Whaling, Frank Cramer, and Lina Martin in costume as Mephistopheles, Faust, and Marguerite from Johann Wolfgang von...

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