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Winfield Scott

Winfield Scott

Robert Walter Weir
Painting
c. 1855
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; frame conserved with funds from the Smithsonian Women's Committee

Robert Edward Lee

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1860-1920
Owner: Maryland Historical Society
Nathan Bedford Forrest

Nathan Bedford Forrest

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1855
Owner: Louisiana Historical Association
Nathaniel P. Banks

Nathaniel P. Banks

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

Joseph Lane

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

Robert Edward Lee

Morgan
Painting
c. 1870
Owner: Chicago History Museum
Reconstruction

Reconstruction

J. L. Giles
Print
1867
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
William Tecumseh Sherman

William Tecumseh Sherman

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1865
Owner: The Butler Institute of American Art
Ambrose Everett Burnside

Ambrose Everett Burnside

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

Robert Edward Lee

George Bagby Matthews
Painting
c. 1865-70
Owner: Alabama Department of Archives and History
Sketch Of General Lee

Sketch Of General Lee

Thomas Cowperthwaite Eakins
Painting
c. 1870-80
Owner: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution
William Taylor

William Taylor

Unidentified Artist
Drawing
1860-75
Owner: Virginia Museum of History and Culture
William Tecumseh Sherman

William Tecumseh Sherman

Mrs. L. H. Dannaugh
Painting
1888
Owner: Chicago History Museum

Christopher (Kit) Carson

Unidentified Artist
Drawing
c. 1868
Owner: Kit Carson Home
Grant and His Generals

Grant and His Generals

Ole Peter Hansen Balling
Painting
1865
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mrs. Harry Newton Blue in memory of her husband Harry Newton Blue (1893-1925), who served as an officer of the Regular U.S. Army 1917-1925
Ambrose Everett Burnside

Ambrose Everett Burnside

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

Ulysses S. Grant

Unidentified Artist
Photograph
c. 1865 copy after c. 1847 original
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Connor

William T. Sherman

Farsky
Painting
1894
Owner: Chicago Public Library Cultural Center

Nathaniel P. Banks

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

George Washington

Sculpture
c. 1843-63
Owner: National Gallery of Art
General Winfield Scott

General Winfield Scott

Mathew B. Brady
Photograph
1861
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

William Preston Johnston

Edward Virginius Valentine
Sculpture
Begun 1899
Owner: Valentine Museum
Gouverneur Kemble Warren

Gouverneur Kemble Warren

Ole Peter Hansen Balling
Drawing
c. 1865
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Grant as General of the Army

James Reid Lambdin
Painting
c. 1868
Owner: Private collection

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