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John Henry Martindale

John Henry Martindale

Mathew B. Brady
Photograph
c. 1861
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mrs. F.B. Wilde

Bettie Wayles Peterson

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1855-70
Isham Green Harris

Isham Green Harris

Unidentified Artist
Photograph
c. 1861-65 (after earlier photograph)
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Totten Family

William McKee

Ferdinand Thomas Lee Boyle
Painting
c. 1855-65
Owner: Missouri Historical Society
James Adelbert Mulligan

James Adelbert Mulligan

Charles DeForest Fredricks
Photograph
c. 1861
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mrs. F.B. Wilde

Helen Laura Henry Carter

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1855-70
Owner: Apva Hanover Branch
John George McClatchey

John George McClatchey

Unidentified Artist
Drawing
1852
Owner: M. R. McClatchey Owner: Mrs. M. R. McClatchey
Robert Davis Early and Brother William Early

Robert Davis Early and Brother William Early

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1850
Owner: Virginia Museum of History and Culture
James B. McPherson

James B. McPherson

Mathew Brady Studio
Photographic Negative
c. 1862
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection

Maria Brander Moore Robertson

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1850-73
John Charles Fremont

John Charles Fremont

Meade Brothers Studio
Photograph
c. 1856
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Emerson Lyons
John Buchanan Floyd

John Buchanan Floyd

McClees & Vannerson
Photograph
c. 1859
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the Smithsonian Institution Libraries; gift of Roger F. Shultis, 1986

David Dixon Porter

Sheridan
Painting
c. 1850-1900
Owner: U.S. Naval Academy

John Hunt Morgan

A. J. Kerckeval
Drawing
c. 1864
Owner: New-York Historical Society
Armida Harby

Armida Harby

Unidentified Artist
Unknown
mid 19th century
Owner: Private Collection
Stonewall Jackson

Stonewall Jackson

Unidentified Artist
Photograph
c. 1861-65 (after earlier photograph)
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Totten Family

John W. McLane

Moses Billings
Painting
n.d.a.
Owner: Erie Historical Museum and Planetarium

Unidentified Man

John Adams Jackson
Sculpture
c. 1850-79
Owner: Railway And Locomotive Historical Society

General John Charles Fremont

Thomas Hicks
Painting
c. 1840-50
Owner: Huntington Library Art Collections and Botanical Gardens
Robert Byington Mitchell

Robert Byington Mitchell

Mathew Brady Studio
Photograph
c. 1862
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Lewis Willis Minor

John Adams Elder
Painting
1856
Irvin McDowell

Irvin McDowell

Mathew Brady Studio
Photographic Negative
c. 1862
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection

General John Curtis Caldwell

R. Merrell Gage
Sculpture
n.d.a.
Owner: Kansas Museum of History

William Sandford Pennington, Jr.

John Hagny
Painting
1855-76
Owner: Princeton University

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