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Benjamin F. Butler

Benjamin F. Butler

Ehrgott & Forbriger Lithography Company
Print
c. 1862-64
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
George Armstrong Custer

George Armstrong Custer

Unidentified Artist
Photograph
c. 1859
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Thomas Merriweather Dansby

Thomas Merriweather Dansby

Henry Jackson Lewis
Drawing
c. 1870-80
Owner: Jefferson County Historical Museum
Jeb Stuart

Jeb Stuart

George S. Cook
Photograph
1863
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Elijah Veirs White

Elijah Veirs White

John P. Walker
Painting
1924
Owner: Virginia Museum of History and Culture
James Butler Hickok

James Butler Hickok

Unidentified Artist
Photograph
c. 1876
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
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
Gouverneur Kemble Warren

Gouverneur Kemble Warren

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

Andrew Taylor Still

Carl Ludwig Boeckmann
Painting
1895
Owner: Kansas Museum of History
Ulysses S. Grant

Ulysses S. Grant

Ole Peter Hansen Balling
Painting
1865
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Bela M. Hughes

Unidentified Artist
Sculpture
1887
Owner: Colorado History Museum
Full Dress Rehearsal of the Grand Presidential Corps de Ballet

Full Dress Rehearsal of the Grand Presidential Corps de Ballet

Charles Kendrick
Print
1880
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
Giles Buckner Cooke

Giles Buckner Cooke

Ellis Meyer Silvette
Painting
1927
Owner: Private collection

Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard

P. P. Carter
Painting
1894
Owner: Charleston City Hall
Robert Edward Lee

Robert Edward Lee

Sir Moses Jacob Ezekiel
Sculpture
c. 1880-90
Owner: American Jewish Historical Society
William T. Sherman

William T. Sherman

George Norman Barnard
Photograph
1864
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Edward Ferrero

Ole Peter Hansen Balling
Painting
1865
Owner: Chicago History Museum
The Buffalo Head

The Buffalo Head

Astley David Montague Cooper
Painting
late 19th-early 20th century
Owner: Whitney Western Art Museum
Colonel Burnside and the First Rhode Island Militia, near Washington, D.C., 1861

Colonel Burnside and the First Rhode Island Militia, near Washington, D.C., 1861

Unidentified Artist
Photograph
1861
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Isaac Moses, Jr.

Jacob Hart Lazarus
Painting
1852
Owner: American Jewish Historical Society
Ambrose Everett Burnside

Ambrose Everett Burnside

Ehrgott & Forbriger Lithography Company
Print
c. 1862-64
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Dr. Andrew Taylor Still

Dr. Andrew Taylor Still

Floyd W. Horton
Painting
1900
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Still National Osteopathic Museum

Foster Dwight Coburn

George Melville Stone
Painting
n.d.a.
Owner: Kansas Museum of History

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