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Battle at Great Bethel

Battle at Great Bethel

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1868
National Portrait Gallery
Adalbert John Volck
The Cabinet of the Confederate States at Montgomery

The Cabinet of the Confederate States at Montgomery

Print
1861
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
Grand Masquerade Ball

Grand Masquerade Ball

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1866
National Portrait Gallery
Thomas Nast
Grand Reception of the Notabilities of the Nation

Grand Reception of the Notabilities of the Nation

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1865
National Portrait Gallery
Major & Knapp Lithography Company
Assassination of President Lincoln

Assassination of President Lincoln

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c. 1865
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Joseph Edward Baker
Assassination of President Lincoln

Assassination of President Lincoln

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1865
National Portrait Gallery
Currier & Ives Lithography Company
President McKinley and Cabinet

President McKinley and Cabinet

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1901
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Pach Brothers Studio
Death of Abraham Lincoln

Death of Abraham Lincoln

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c. 1865
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F. P. Whiting
Assassination of President Lincoln

Assassination of President Lincoln

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c. 1865
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Unidentified Artist
Martyr of Liberty

Martyr of Liberty

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c. 1865
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Unidentified Artist
Heroes of the Colored Race

Heroes of the Colored Race

Print
1881
National Portrait Gallery
Joseph Hoover

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