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Benjamin Franklin Butler

Benjamin Franklin Butler

Photograph
c. 1864
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
George Armstrong Custer

George Armstrong Custer

Photograph
c. 1859
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
Laura Smith Haviland

Laura Smith Haviland

Photograph
c. 1864
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
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
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
Washington Irving

Washington Irving

Print
c. 1860-65
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Alexander Hay Ritchie
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-64
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Mathew Brady Studio
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-64
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Mathew Brady Studio
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-64
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Mathew Brady Studio
Mary Ann Meade

Mary Ann Meade

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c. 1850
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Meade Brothers Studio
Nathaniel Parker Willis

Nathaniel Parker Willis

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c. 1863
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Charles DeForest Fredricks
Edwin Forrest as Baptista Ferbo and Lizzie Swindlehurst in

Edwin Forrest as Baptista Ferbo and Lizzie Swindlehurst in "The Broker of Bogota"

Photographic Negative
c. 1861
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Mathew B. Brady
Henry William Mathew Meade (with Sarah A. Meserole Meade)

Henry William Mathew Meade (with Sarah A. Meserole Meade)

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1853
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Meade Brothers Studio Charles Richard Meade Henry William Mathew Meade
Benjamin Gurney

Benjamin Gurney

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c. 1862
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Gurney & Son Jeremiah Gurney
Jessie Benton Frémont

Jessie Benton Frémont

Photographic Negative
c. 1863
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio

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