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Benjamin Franklin Butler

Benjamin Franklin Butler

Print
c. 1861
National Portrait Gallery
Dominique C. Fabronius
Bombastes Captures Fort Fisher By Means of a Patent Volcano

Bombastes Captures Fort Fisher By Means of a Patent Volcano

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1868
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Adalbert John Volck
Benjamin Franklin Butler

Benjamin Franklin Butler

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

Butler's Victims of Fort St. Philip

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1864
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Adalbert John Volck
Ye Conquest of Ye Pump

Ye Conquest of Ye Pump

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c. 1862
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Adalbert John Volck
Bombastes, Conqueror of New Orleans

Bombastes, Conqueror of New Orleans

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1868
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Adalbert John Volck
Bombastes is Ubiquitus

Bombastes is Ubiquitus

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1868
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Adalbert John Volck
Benjamin Franklin Butler

Benjamin Franklin Butler

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c. 1861
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Charles DeForest Fredricks
Conquest of Ye Pump

Conquest of Ye Pump

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1868
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Adalbert John Volck
General Bombastes as Ubiquitous after Battle of Great Bethel

General Bombastes as Ubiquitous after Battle of Great Bethel

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c. 1862
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Adalbert John Volck
Ye Vow

Ye Vow

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1868
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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

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1862
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Bobbett & Hooper Wood Engraving Co.
Occupation of Ye Wicked City of Baltimore

Occupation of Ye Wicked City of Baltimore

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c. 1862
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Adalbert John Volck
General B. Capturing Big Bethel

General B. Capturing Big Bethel

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c. 1862
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Adalbert John Volck

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