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Alexander Hamilton Stephens

Alexander Hamilton Stephens

Print
1882
Frederich Graetz
Daniel Drew

Daniel Drew

Photograph
c. 1875
William R. Howell
Ambrose Everett Burnside

Ambrose Everett Burnside

Photograph
c. 1861
Mathew B. Brady
William Thomas Spear

William Thomas Spear

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c. 1878
Unidentified Artist
General Sheridan and His Staff

General Sheridan and His Staff

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c. 1865
Alexander Gardner
Samuel Swinfin Burdett

Samuel Swinfin Burdett

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L. Wieser

Robson & Crane

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c. 1880
Unidentified Artist
Joseph Wheeler

Joseph Wheeler

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c. 1898
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Assassination of President Lincoln

Assassination of President Lincoln

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1865
Currier & Ives Lithography Company

Buisness card of Charles Fredricks

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c. 1881
Unidentified Artist
William Passmore Carlin

William Passmore Carlin

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c. 1864
John Goldin
Alpheus Starkey Williams

Alpheus Starkey Williams

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c. 1864
Webster Brothers
George Keckler

George Keckler

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Unknown
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson

Thomas Wentworth Higginson

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c. 1880
William Notman
Henry Ward Beecher

Henry Ward Beecher

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c. 1875
Benjamin Joseph Falk

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