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Rush Christopher Hawkins

Painting
1862
Owner: Brown University

John Singleton Mosby

Edward Virginius Valentine
Sculpture
1866
Owner: National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Robert E. Lee

Robert E. Lee

John A. O'Neill
Print
c. 1865
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Henry Draper

Henry Draper

Harroun & Bierstadt
Photograph
c. 1880
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Joseph Wheeler

Joseph Wheeler

Unidentified Artist
Photograph
c. 1898
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Confederate Political Leaders and Generals

Confederate Political Leaders and Generals

Charles Magnus
Print
c. 1861-65
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Return of Ulysses

Return of Ulysses

Thomas Nast
Print
1879
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
George Washington

George Washington

Sculpture
n.d.a.
Owner: Chicago History Museum
Washington at Dorchester Heights

Washington at Dorchester Heights

Jane Stuart
Painting
19th century
Owner: Beverly Historical Society and Museum

William McKinley

William F. Cogswell
Painting
indeterminable
Owner: California Department of General Services
General Winfield Scott

General Winfield Scott

Thomas Dow Jones
Sculpture
mid-late 19th century
Owner: New Jersey Historical Society
Robert E. Lee and Joseph E. Johnston

Robert E. Lee and Joseph E. Johnston

David J. Ryan
Photograph
1870
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
John Cabell Breckinridge

John Cabell Breckinridge

Christian F. Schwerdt
Painting
c. 1870-75
Owner: Chicago History Museum

William McKinley

Lawrence Williams
Painting
Owner: Colorado Department of Education
Richard Taylor

Richard Taylor

Jules Robert Hoening
Painting
c. 1870
Owner: Louisiana State Museum

Charles Gates Dawes

Anders Leonard Zorn
Painting
c. 1885-1910
Owner: U.S. Department of Treasury

John Singleton Mosby

Louis Mathieu Didier Guillaume
Painting
c. 1870-92
Owner: Virginia Museum of History and Culture
Ulysses Simpson Grant

Ulysses Simpson Grant

Henry Ulke
Painting
1882
Owner: American University

Daniel Butterfield

Melville Brown Ray
Painting
1899
Owner: Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute
George Washington

George Washington

Unidentified Artist (Forger)
Painting
c. 1880-93
Owner: Rhode Island Historical Society
Grand Reception of the Notabilities of the Nation

Grand Reception of the Notabilities of the Nation

Major & Knapp Lithography Company
Print
1865
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
William McKinley

William McKinley

Unidentified Artist
Sculpture
c. 1902
Owner: City of San Jose
Robert Edward Lee

Robert Edward Lee

W. B. Cox
Painting
c. 1864-70
Owner: Virginia Museum of History and Culture
William T. Sherman

William T. Sherman

Buttre & Momberger
Print
c. 1865
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

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