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Elmer Ellsworth

Elmer Ellsworth

Print
c. 1861
National Portrait Gallery
Currier & Ives Lithography Company
George Peabody

George Peabody

Photograph
c. 1860
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew B. Brady
Edward Everett

Edward Everett

Print
c. 1860
National Portrait Gallery
Thomas S. Sinclair
Edwin Forrest as Richelieu

Edwin Forrest as Richelieu

Photographic Negative
c. 1861
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew B. Brady
James Dwight Dana

James Dwight Dana

Print
1857
National Portrait Gallery
Rudolf Hoffmann
Jefferson Davis

Jefferson Davis

Photograph
c. 1861
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
William Hickling Prescott

William Hickling Prescott

Print
1850
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Francis D'Avignon
Millard Fillmore

Millard Fillmore

Print
c. 1860
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Adam Weingartner
Washington Irving

Washington Irving

Print
c. 1860-65
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Alexander Hay Ritchie
Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

Print
c. 1860
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John L. Magee
George Law

George Law

Print
c. 1855
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Sarony Lithography Company
John James Audubon

John James Audubon

Print
1850
National Portrait Gallery
Francis D'Avignon
William Dennison

William Dennison

Photograph
c. 1864
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew B. Brady
Mathew Brady

Mathew Brady

Photograph
c. 1863
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew B. Brady
Union Generals

Union Generals

Photograph
c. 1862
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew B. Brady

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