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Frank Pickett

Frank Pickett

Photograph
n.d.a.
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Barr & Young
Thomas Edward Greenfield Ransom

Thomas Edward Greenfield Ransom

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c. 1863
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Mathew Brady Studio
S. D. Kieffer

S. D. Kieffer

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n.d.a.
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Chalkey Tolan
Isham Green Harris

Isham Green Harris

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c. 1861-1865 (after earlier photograph)
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Unidentified Artist
Ambrose Everett Burnside

Ambrose Everett Burnside

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c. 1862
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Mathew Brady Studio
S. T. Smith

S. T. Smith

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c. 1865
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Henry Ulke
John Charles Fremont

John Charles Fremont

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c. 1861
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Mathew Brady Studio
Ulysses Simpson Grant

Ulysses Simpson Grant

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c. 1862
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Barr & Young
Brown

Brown

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n.d.a.
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Unidentified Artist
Powell

Powell

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n.d.a.
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Unidentified Artist
Peter Joseph Osterhaus

Peter Joseph Osterhaus

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c. 1862
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E. & H. T. Anthony & Company
Samuel Davis Sturgis

Samuel Davis Sturgis

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c. 1861
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Mathew Brady Studio
Edward Davis Townsend

Edward Davis Townsend

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c. 1861
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Mathew Brady Studio
Joseph Gilbert Totten

Joseph Gilbert Totten

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c. 1863
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Francis Jay Herron

Francis Jay Herron

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c. 1863
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