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President James Buchanan and his cabinet

President James Buchanan and his cabinet

Photograph
c. 1859
National Portrait Gallery
McClees & Vannerson James Earle McClees Julian Vannerson
Grand National Democratic Banner

Grand National Democratic Banner

Print
1856
National Portrait Gallery
Nathaniel Currier
Jeff Davis, On His Own Platform

Jeff Davis, On His Own Platform

Print
c. 1861
National Portrait Gallery
Currier & Ives Lithography Company
Edmund Kirby Smith

Edmund Kirby Smith

Photograph
c. 1861
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
Robert E. Lee

Robert E. Lee

Print
c. 1861-62
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Unidentified Artist
Robert E. Lee

Robert E. Lee

Print
c. 1863
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Currier & Ives Lithography Company
Robert E. Lee

Robert E. Lee

Photograph
c. 1861-65 (after earlier photograph)
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Unidentified Artist
Edmund Kirby Smith

Edmund Kirby Smith

Photograph
c. 1861-65 (after earlier photograph)
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Unidentified Artist
Robert Edward Lee

Robert Edward Lee

Photograph
c. 1861
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E. & H. T. Anthony & Company
The Great American Buck Hunt of 1856

The Great American Buck Hunt of 1856

Print
1856
National Portrait Gallery
Nathaniel Currier
John Cabell Breckinridge

John Cabell Breckinridge

Photograph
c. 1861
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
Ulysses Simpson Grant

Ulysses Simpson Grant

Photograph
c. 1862
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Barr & Young
Ulysses S. Grant

Ulysses S. Grant

Photograph
c. 1864
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Philadelphia Photographic Company
John C. Breckinridge

John C. Breckinridge

Photograph
c. 1861-65 (after earlier photograph)
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Unidentified Artist
Fancied Security, or the Rats on a Bender

Fancied Security, or the Rats on a Bender

Print
1856
National Portrait Gallery
Louis Maurer

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