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Benjamin Franklin Butler

Benjamin Franklin Butler

Photograph
c. 1861
National Portrait Gallery
Charles DeForest Fredricks
Benjamin Franklin Butler

Benjamin Franklin Butler

Photograph
1864
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Mathew B. Brady
Bombastes at the Mass: Military Academy

Bombastes at the Mass: Military Academy

Print
1868
National Portrait Gallery
Adalbert John Volck
Benjamin Franklin Butler

Benjamin Franklin Butler

Photograph
c. 1861
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
Battle at Great Bethel

Battle at Great Bethel

Print
1868
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Adalbert John Volck
Ye Vow

Ye Vow

Print
c. 1862
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Adalbert John Volck
John A. Dix

John A. Dix

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
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Mathew Brady Studio
James M. Ashley

James M. Ashley

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
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Mathew Brady Studio
William McKinley

William McKinley

Photograph
1896
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Unidentified Artist
Daniel Webster

Daniel Webster

Photograph
c. 1860
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Unidentified Artist
John Cabell Breckinridge

John Cabell Breckinridge

Photograph
c. 1861
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Unidentified Artist
Nathaniel P. Banks

Nathaniel P. Banks

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
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Mathew Brady Studio
Nathaniel P. Banks

Nathaniel P. Banks

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
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Mathew Brady Studio
Carl Schurz

Carl Schurz

Painting
1899
National Portrait Gallery
Daniel Huntington
Hugh McCulloch

Hugh McCulloch

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
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Mathew Brady Studio

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