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Benjamin Franklin Butler

Benjamin Franklin Butler

Print
c. 1861
National Portrait Gallery
Dominique C. Fabronius
Joe Coburn

Joe Coburn

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
Bombastes Captures Fort Fisher By Means of a Patent Volcano

Bombastes Captures Fort Fisher By Means of a Patent Volcano

Print
1868
National Portrait Gallery
Adalbert John Volck
Benjamin Franklin Butler

Benjamin Franklin Butler

Sculpture
1863
National Portrait Gallery
Edward Augustus Brackett
Butler's Victims of Fort St. Philip

Butler's Victims of Fort St. Philip

Print
1864
National Portrait Gallery
Adalbert John Volck
Ye Conquest of Ye Pump

Ye Conquest of Ye Pump

Print
c. 1862
National Portrait Gallery
Adalbert John Volck
Bombastes, Conqueror of New Orleans

Bombastes, Conqueror of New Orleans

Print
1868
National Portrait Gallery
Adalbert John Volck
Joe Coburn

Joe Coburn

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
Bombastes is Ubiquitus

Bombastes is Ubiquitus

Print
1868
National Portrait Gallery
Adalbert John Volck
Benjamin Franklin Butler

Benjamin Franklin Butler

Photograph
c. 1861
National Portrait Gallery
Charles DeForest Fredricks
Conquest of Ye Pump

Conquest of Ye Pump

Print
1868
National Portrait Gallery
Adalbert John Volck
General Bombastes as Ubiquitous after Battle of Great Bethel

General Bombastes as Ubiquitous after Battle of Great Bethel

Print
c. 1862
National Portrait Gallery
Adalbert John Volck
Ye Vow

Ye Vow

Print
1868
National Portrait Gallery
Adalbert John Volck
Why We (Republicans) Laugh

Why We (Republicans) Laugh

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c. 1880
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Thomas Nast
Benjamin Franklin Butler

Benjamin Franklin Butler

Print
1862
National Portrait Gallery
Bobbett & Hooper Wood Engraving Co.

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