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John Carmel Heenan

John Carmel Heenan

Photograph
1860
National Portrait Gallery
Charles DeForest Fredricks
Joe Coburn

Joe Coburn

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
The Third and Last Committee of Conference of the United States Senate and House of Representatives on the Army Appropriation Bill

The Third and Last Committee of Conference of the United States Senate and House of Representatives on the Army Appropriation Bill

Photograph
c. 1860
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
Richard Cobden

Richard Cobden

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
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Mathew Brady Studio
Richard Cobden

Richard Cobden

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
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Mathew Brady Studio
James Murphy,

James Murphy, "The Irish Giant"

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
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Mathew Brady Studio
James Murphy,

James Murphy, "The Irish Giant"

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
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Mathew Brady Studio
Henry J. Raymond

Henry J. Raymond

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
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Mathew Brady Studio
Henry W. M. Meade with Sarah A. Meserole Meade

Henry W. M. Meade with Sarah A. Meserole Meade

Photograph
c. 1859
National Portrait Gallery
Meade Brothers Studio Charles Richard Meade Henry William Mathew Meade
David Knox

David Knox

Photograph
c. 1865
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Unidentified Artist
Jo Davidson

Jo Davidson

Photograph
c. 1950
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Unidentified Artist
Robert E. Lee and Staff G.W.C. Lee and Walter H. Taylor

Robert E. Lee and Staff G.W.C. Lee and Walter H. Taylor

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
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Mathew Brady Studio
Charles Fisher

Charles Fisher

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
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Mathew Brady Studio
Frederick W. Seward

Frederick W. Seward

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
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Mathew Brady Studio
Charles Fisher

Charles Fisher

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

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