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Union Generals

Union Generals

Mathew B. Brady
Photograph
c. 1862
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
John Cabell Breckinridge

John Cabell Breckinridge

Nathaniel Currier
Print
c. 1856-60
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Frank Leslie's Portrait Pictorial

Frank Leslie's Portrait Pictorial

Unidentified Artist
Periodical
c. 1862
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
William Preston Johnston

William Preston Johnston

Joseph Henry Bush
Painting
c. 1854
Owner: Private collection
Ambrose Everett Burnside

Ambrose Everett Burnside

James Sullivan Lincoln
Painting
1852
Owner: Rhode Island Historical Society
Leonidas Polk

Leonidas Polk

James Reeve Stuart
Painting
1855-65
Owner: University of the South
Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard

Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard

Unidentified Artist
Print
c. 1862
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Jefferson Davis

Jefferson Davis

Benjamin Franklin Reinhardt
Painting
mid-late 19th century
Owner: R. W. Norton Art Gallery

Paul Ansel Chadbourne

Thomas Le Clear
Painting
c. 1860-80
Owner: Williams College Museum of Art
Robert Augustus Toombs

Robert Augustus Toombs

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

Henry Alexander Wise

Whitehurst Studio
Photograph
c. 1857
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Rufus Choate

Darius Cobb
Painting
c. 1855-80
Owner: Harvard Law School
Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

Caroline L. Ormes Ransom
Painting
c. 1850-81
Owner: U.S. Department of State
Franz Sigel

Franz Sigel

Henry Bruckner
Print
c. 1862
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
James Longstreet

James Longstreet

Unidentified Artist
Photograph
c. 1861
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Robert Toombs

Robert Toombs

Jesse H. Whitehurst
Photograph
c. 1850
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
William T. Sherman

William T. Sherman

Unidentified Artist
Photograph
c. 1862
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Franz Sigel

Franz Sigel

Louis Prang Lithography Company
Print
c. 1862
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Ulysses S. Grant

Ulysses S. Grant

Henry Washburn Berthrong
Photograph
c. 1864 (printed 1885)
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
John Daniel Imboden

John Daniel Imboden

Unidentified Artist
Photograph
c. 1863
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Eli Whitney II

Unidentified Artist
Sculpture
c. 1850-80
Owner: New Haven Museum
Ambrose Everett Burnside

Ambrose Everett Burnside

Manchester & Brother Studio
Photograph
c. 1861
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Robert Edward Lee

Robert Edward Lee

J. G. Evans
Painting
c. 1855
Owner: Louisiana Historical Association
Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard

Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard

Jules Lion
Print
c. 1861
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

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