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Robert Edward Lee

Robert Edward Lee

Painting
c. 1880-1912
Owner: Harry Ransom Center
Chang and Eng Bunker and children

Chang and Eng Bunker and children

Mathew Brady Studio
Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection
John McCullough

John McCullough

Mathew Brady Studio
Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection
Genevieve Ward

Genevieve Ward

Mathew Brady Studio
Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection
Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard

Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard

Charles DeForest Fredricks
Photograph
1862
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Lester Wallack

Lester Wallack

Mathew Brady Studio
Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection

Raleigh Edward Colston

Christian F. Schwerdt
Painting
c. 1861-85
Owner: Chicago History Museum
Schuyler Colfax

Schuyler Colfax

Mathew Brady Studio
Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection
Edward H. Magill

Edward H. Magill

Mathew Brady Studio
Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection

Albert Pike

William Besser
Painting
1912
Owner: Arkansas History Commission
Lulu Prior

Lulu Prior

Mathew Brady Studio
Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection
Anna Swan

Anna Swan

Mathew Brady Studio
Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection
The Third and Last Committee of Conference of the United States Senate and House of Representatives on the Army Appropriation Bill

The Third and Last Committee of Conference of the United States Senate and House of Representatives on the Army Appropriation Bill

Unidentified Artist
Photograph
c. 1860
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Robert Patterson

Albert Rosenthal
Painting
1900
Owner: Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Raphael Semmes

Lt. Febray
Drawing
c. 1860-70
Owner: Maryland Historical Society
Anna Swan

Anna Swan

Mathew Brady Studio
Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection
Ulysses Simpson Grant

Ulysses Simpson Grant

Nicola Marschall
Painting
1869
Owner: Private collection
Nathaniel Prentiss Banks

Nathaniel Prentiss Banks

Joseph Edward Baker
Print
1861
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
General Grant at San Jose

General Grant at San Jose

Andrew Putnam Hill
Painting
1881
Owner: de Young Museum
George H. Boker

George H. Boker

Mathew Brady Studio
Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection
P. T. Barnum

P. T. Barnum

Mathew Brady Studio
Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection
Richard Cobden

Richard Cobden

Mathew Brady Studio
Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection
Henry Ward Beecher

Henry Ward Beecher

Mathew Brady Studio
Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection
Anna Swan

Anna Swan

Mathew Brady Studio
Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection

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