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Civil War Military Portraits

Historical portraits of military officers from the Civil War era, showcasing period uniforms and distinctive facial hair.

Maj. John M. Corse, 6th Iowa Inf.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

General Ulysses S. Grant. Title from item. Grant, Ulysses S, (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

DeKraft, Admn. U.S.N.

Baird, Colonel G.W.. Baird, Colonel G.W.

20th , Military personnel, Carte de Visite Collection

Portrait of a Confederate soldier. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Colonel T.F. Perley, Medical Inspector. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

1800S 1860S Standing Portrait John A Logan General In Union Army And Later Leader In Grand Army Republic Gar Founded May 30 As Memorial Day In 1868

General Joseph Hooker, was the third commander of the Army of the Potomac, for six months in 1863 during the US Civil War. Before and after this high position, he fought at Antietam, Fredericksburg, and in the Chattanooga and Atlanta Campaigns. Photo by Mathew Brady (BSLOC_2018_8_127)

Whiting. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

James Gordon Bennett, USN. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Dixon S. Miles. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Captain James Lemon, 19th New York Cav. USA. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

General Lorenzo Thomas. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Gen. Willotson, U.S.A.

Simon Bolivar Buckner (1823-1914) General in Confederate (southern) army in American Civil War 1861-1865. Governor of Kentucky 1887-1891. Engraving.

Braxton Bragg (1817-1876), Confederate Army General during American Civil War (1861-1865)

S. Van Vliet. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Colonel E.E. Cross, 5th N.H. Inf. U.S.A. Killed at Gettysburg 1863. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Colonel E. Judson. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Lieutenant Colonel C.E. Capehart, 1st W.Virginia Cav.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Maj. Francis H. Parker , Military officers. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Longstreet, Gen. James C.S.A. (not in uniform)

George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876) United States Army office and cavalry commander in American Civil War and Indian Wars. Defeated and killed at Battle of Little Bighorn in what iscalled Custers Last Stand. Photograph.

GM Blodgett, USN. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

General Q.A. Gillmore 1825 1888. Union general in American Civil War. From painting by Alonso Chappel

General Steedman & friend. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Col. Alfred N. Duffie, 1st Rhode Island Cavalry, U.S.A. | Library of Congress

Maj. P.J. Downing, 42nd New York Inf.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Captain William J. Lawton, U.S.A., dressed as a Confederate officer. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Colonel James A. Mulligan, 23rd Ill. Inf. K.I.A.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Lieutenant White. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Joshua Thomas Owen, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, in uniform. Civil War Photograph Collection, No. 4483. Owen, Joshua Thomas, 1821-1887, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel.

Charles A. Atwell, bust portrait, facing right, wearing military uniform. Carte de visite by Purviance's Photographic Rooms, corner Fifth & Wood sts, Pittsburgh, PA, Enlisted into Battery E, Pennsylvania Light Artillery Battery (Sept. 21, 1861). Died of wounds received in the Battle of Wauhatchie, Tennessee, Nov. 2, 1863, In album: U.S. army officers and other persons of the Civil War period / John White Geary, comp. 1861-1865, no. 1, surrogate p. 1 (upper left), Surrogate available as color laser copy in P&P Reading Room. Atwell, Charles A, -1863, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union, Military officers, Union, 1860-1870.

Portrait of Brigadier General Joseph G. Totten, Chief, Corps of Engineers, officer of the Federal Army. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Totten, Joseph G.

Colonel Benjah P. Bailey, 86th New York Inf.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

E.P. Gaines U.S.A. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876) United States Army office and cavalry commander in American Civil War and Indian Wars. Defeated and killed at Battle of Little Bighorn in what iscalled Custers Last Stand. Photograph in uniform, seated.

Generals Sheridan, Katz, and friend. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

William T. Sherman, c. 1875-80, when he was Commanding General of the United States Army from March 1869 to Nov. 1883. He oversaw the military in the Reconstruction South and Indian Wars over the Great Plains (BSLOC_2018_10_89)

Lt Col Rufus Dawes, USA - dollected an armful of swords from surrendering Confederate officers in the railroad cut during the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1863

Wm. Dwight. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

This illustration from a photograph by noted US Civil War phtographer Mathew Brady is of General Sam Houston (1793-1863), an American frontier hero and statesman of texas. He commanded Texas revolutionary troops and captured Santa Anna at the battle of San Jacinto (1836). He was the first president of the Texas republic and later a senator and then Governor of Texas (1859-1861). The book dates to 1886.

Stephen Elliott, Brig. Gen'l, S.C. | Library of Congress

Maj. General E. V. Sumner. No. 203, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. Sumner, Edwin V, (Edwin Vose), 1797-1863, Military service, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

General George H. Sharpe, U.S.A.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Rodgers, Adml. John U.S.N.

W. Sprague. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Lieutenant Colonel F.M. Cummins, 124th New York Inf.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Charles Denis Bourbaki, French General, 1816-1897, left, and Pierre Marie Philippe Aristide Denfert-Rochereau, French Colonel, 1823-1878, Illustrierte Kriegschronik 1870 - 1871, Illustrated War Chronicle 1870 - 1871, German-French Campaign

McClellan and staff. L to R: Captain Clark, General McClellan, Captain Van Vliet, Maj. Barry. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

General Osborn Cross. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Colonel S.H. Starr, 5th N.J. Inf.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Photographic print Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870) American soldier best known for commanding the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War. Dated 1865

Lieutenant General U.S. Grant, 1864

Shock, Commodore W.H. U.S.N. (not in uniform)

Updegraff, Hon. Jonathan Taylor of Ohio, Surgeon in Union Army Civil War

US Civil War. Major General Ulysses S. Grant. Memorial portrait of the victorious US Civil War commander and two term President, by Swedish-American illustrator, Thure de Thulstrup. Detail of a 1885 chromolithograph published by L. Prang & Co. (BSLOC_2018_10_32)

G.P. Buell. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Colonel () Selby, C.S.A.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Lawrence, Hon. Wm. of Ohio. Col. of 84th Ohio Inf. U.S.A.

McMillan, Hon. Samuel James Renwick of Minn. 2nd Lt. in Stillwater Frontier Guards during Indian War of 1862

Gunter, Hon. Thomas Montague of Ark., col. of 13th Ark. Inf. C.S.A.

Caleb B. Smith, Sec. of Interior. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Arcgerm, Gen. J.J. (not in uniform)

Confederate Generals Curtis Lee, Robert E. Lee and Lieutenant Colonel Walter Taylor, Richmond, Virginia, USA, Photograph by Mathew Brady, 1865

Major General N.P. Banks, full-length portrait, standing, facing left | Library of Congress

1800S 1860S Portrait General Robert E Lee And 6 Officers Ashby Early Mosby Hampton Pelham Beauregard

United States Navy Admiral William Banks Caperton ca. early 1900s.

Adm. C.S. Williams

Gideon Welles, Sec. of the Navy. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

De Bolt, Hon. R.A. of Mo. Capt. in 23rd Regt. Mo. Vols. 1861 U.S.A. Captured at Shiloh

Felton, Hon. W.H. of GA. Served as a surgeon in Civil War

Admiral Edward Buttevant Barry (taken ca. 1905-1938) was forced to reseign as he was accused of a liason between he and a cabin boy aboard the USS West Virginia.

Portrait of Captain E. Creutz, 1932 Portrait of Captain E. Creutz by fourth flights. 2 pictures.

Davy, Hon. John M. M.C. from NY 1st Lt. Co. G., 108th N.Y. Inf.

Maj. F.W. Crane Paymaster. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Smith, Hon. Wm. Ephraim of GA. 1st Lt. in 4th Georgia Inf., Capt. in 1862

Gause, Hon. Lucien C., Rep. of Ark., Col. in Confederate Army

James H. Harris (1828-1898), African American Union Army soldier during the American Civil War, recipient of Medal of Honor for his actions at the 1864 Battle of Chaffin's Farm, W.E.B. Du Bois Collection

Washington Navy Yard, D.C. David E. Herold, a conspirator. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Herold, David E, 1842-1865, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, Assassination, United States, District of Columbia, Washington (D.C.)

Edmund Ruffin. Fired the 1st shot in the Civil War. Killed himself at close of War, circa 1865

Quinn, Hon. Terence John of N.Y. (c 1877) Lt. Co. B. 25th Regt. N.Y.M. was credited with having captured the first prisoner taken during the war

A Short History: General Ambrose Powell Hill, from the Histories of Generals series (N114) issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Smoking and Chewing Tobacco 1888 Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. Trade cards from the "Histories of Generals" series (N114), issued in 1888 by W. Duke, Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Smoking and Chewing Tobacco.. A Short History: General Ambrose Powell Hill, from the Histories of Generals series (N114) issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Smoking and Chewing Tobacco. 1888. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. (New York and Durham, N.C.)

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