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Painting

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...
Print

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...
Photograph

Officers of the 43rd Wisconsin Infantry

Date: 1865
Description: Officers of the 43rd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, with Colonel Amasa Cobb seated at the center. It is likely this picture was taken when the field and sta...
Photograph

Charles Stewart

Date: 1861
Description: Seated portrait of Corporal Charles Stewart (b. 1832), Company B, 8th Wisconsin Infantry, wearing the one of the grey uniforms in which Wisconsin's first e...
Photograph

Edwin L. Buttrick

Date: 03 10 1863
Description: Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Edwin L. Buttrick, 24th Wisconsin Infantry, standing in full uniform with sword on left side.
Photograph

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...
Photograph

George B. Merrick

Date: 1887
Description: Photographic calling card of George B. Merrick, Company A, 30th Wisconsin Infantry. Includes an embossed image of a Civil War medal on the left, with a fla...
Photograph

Headquarters of S.G. Swain

Date: 1865
Description: Three men standing at entrance of residence used as headquarters when S.G. Swain, (on left), was in charge of fortifications at Fort McPherson. All three m...
Photograph

Robert C. Crowell

Date: 06 01 1864
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Major Robert C. Crowell, F & S, 26th Missouri Infantry. When Crowell was mustered into the regiment he held the posit...
Photograph

Charles H. Meyerhoff

Date: 1886
Description: Quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of 1st Lieutenant Charles H. Meyerhoff, Company E, 14th Indiana Infantry, wearing eyeglasses and a badge for the Gr...
Photograph

William A. Hawley

Date: 1861
Description: Three-quarter length carte-de-visite portrait of Captain William A. Hawley standing near a column.
Photograph

George A. Custer

Date: 1865
Description: Waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of General George A. Custer.
Photograph

Manning F. Force

Date: 07 1865
Description: Waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of Manning F. Force, Major General of volunteers, sometime after the Siege of Vicksburg where he was shot below his right...
Photograph

Ulysses S. Grant

Date: 1869
Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant.
Photograph

John M. Harrell

Date: 06 1865
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Confederate Lieutenant Colonel John Harrell of Harrell's Battalion in the Arkansas Cavalry.
Photograph

Robert E. Lee

Date: 1895
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of General Robert E. Lee.
Print

Robert E. Lee

Date: 02 26 1864
Description: Engraved waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of General Robert E. Lee.
Photograph

George H. Preble

Date: 1869
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Captain George Henry Preble. Starting in 1861 Preble commanded the gunboat Katahdin, serving with Rear Admiral...
Photograph

John McArthur

Date: 1865
Description: Vignetted portrait of Brigadier General John McArthur. At the start of the Civil War he was a colonel of an Illinois volunteer regiment, but after the Batt...
Print

General Lyon of Missouri

Date: 1860
Description: Caricature of General Nathaniel Lyon that, when viewed horizontally, looks like a lion. Text above reads: "Gen. Lyon, of Missouri." Caption to the right re...

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