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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
National Portrait Gallery
Edward Augustus Brackett
Butler's Victims of Fort St. Philip

Butler's Victims of Fort St. Philip

Print
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
Frank Hart

Frank Hart

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c. 1880
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Unidentified Artist
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

Print
c. 1862
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Adalbert John Volck

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