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Death of Colonel Ellsworth

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Description: An artist's representation of the death of Colonel Elmer Ellsworth at the Marshall House, the first casualty of the Civil War. Lieutenant Francis Brownell ...
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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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Benjamin F. Butler

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Description: Vignetted engraved portrait of Major General Benjamin F. Butler.
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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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Benjamin F. Butler

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Description: Seated engraved portrait of Major General Benjamin F. Butler.
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John Adams Dix

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Description: Head and shoulders engraved portrait of General John Adams Dix.
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Robert E. Lee

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Description: Engraved vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Robert E. Lee.
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The Spring of '76 Revived Letterhead

Date: 10 10 1861
Description: Letterhead of a Revolutionary War soldier standing and holding up the American flag in his right hand, and holding a rifle in his left hand. A plow is behi...
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General Grant Letterhead

Date: 03 08 1869
Description: Letterhead featuring a bust of General Grant surrounded by a wreath, the American flag, an eagle, a cannon and cannon balls, and other instruments of war. ...
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Benjamin F. Butler

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Description: Head and shoulders engraved portrait of Major General Benjamin F. Butler.
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John G. Foster

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Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Major General John G. Foster. At the start of the war he was the chief engineer of the fortifications of Charleston H...
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Ulysses S. Grant

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Description: Engraved vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant.
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P.G.T. Beauregard

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Description: Engraved carte-de-visite portrait of Confederate General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregrad.
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P.G.T. Beauregard

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Description: Engraved carte-de-visite portrait of Confederate General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregrad.
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Robert E. Lee

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

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Description: Composite of oval-shaped photographic portraits of Madison Zouaves, a Civil War unit from Madison, Wisconsin. Each portrait is numbered. Handwritten on bac...
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Ulysses S. Grant

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Description: Head and shoulders carte-de-visite portrait of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant.
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Andrew H. Foote

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Description: Engraved quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of Commander Andrew Hull Foote in uniform with epaulettes. When the Civil War broke out, Foote was placed ...
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General Grant

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Description: A portrait of General Grant surrounded with scenes of his life.
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The Battle of Antietam

Date: 08 1862
Description: Color lithograph of Union lines in the midst of battle.

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