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Civil War Military Portraits

Portraits of Civil War officers, capturing the attire and rank of key figures during the conflict in a black-and-white photographic style.

General Robert C. Wood, U.S.A.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.
General Robert C. Wood, U.S.A.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.
241 assets in this story
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John Potts Slough. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.
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R.W. Meade, USN. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Digitally restored vector portrait of General George Henry Thomas. George Henry Thomas was a career U.S. Army Officer and Union General during the American Civil War. Thomas graduated from West Point, served in the Mexican-American War, and remained loyal to the Union despite being born in Virginia.
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Maj. G.F. McCabe, 13th Pa. Cav.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Gen. Ben. Butler
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Rear Adm. David Dixon Porter, of the Union navy during the US Civil War, 1861-85. He saw naval combat in the capture of New Orleans, 1862; Vicksburg Campaign, 1863; Red River Campaign, 1864; and Battle of Fort Fisher, 1865. Mathew Brady photo (BSLOC_2018_7_63)
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Jewett. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Col. Brown, U.S.A.
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Erasmus Darwin Keyes. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.
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General E.A. Hitchcock. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.
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General W.B. Barton. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Halleck. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Colonel C.H. Larrabee, 24th Wisc. Inf.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Colonel G. Lyon, 8th New YorkS.M.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.
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1800s 1860s PORTRAIT WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN UNION GENERAL DURING AMERICAN CIVIL WAR THIS IMAGE LATER IN LIFE CIRCA 1880
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A.S. Williams & group, U.S.A.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Gen. G.B. Davis, portrait bust, in uniform
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Maj. Francis H. Parker , Military officers. Records of U.S. Army Operational
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Maj. Gen. Sherman , Military officers, Sherman, William T. William Tecumseh, 1820-1891, Carte de Visite Collection
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John Sedgwick(September 13, 1813 - May 9, 1864) was a military officer andUnion Armygeneral during theAmerican Civil War. He was one of the most experienced and competent officers in the Army of the Potomac.HJ was killed at Battle of Spotsylvania court House in 1864.
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John Bell Hood, General, Confederate States Army, Half-Length Portrait, Civil War Photograph Collection, 1860's
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General Lorenzo Thomas. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Portrait of Pvt. Hite Bird, Virginia Regiment, C.S.A.. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Bird, Hite, Virginia troops.
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Major General George Armstrong Custer. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Published in: Custer in photographs / D. Mark Katz. Montana, 2001, no. K-59, p. 47. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Capt. William A. Thornton, 1847-1851 , Military officers. Records of U.S. Army Operational
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Man in uniform, 1890, Lahnstein, Germany, Visitformat, Carte de Visite, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe
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Col. Elmer E. Ellsworth, 1861 - 1880, New York (State), History, Ellsworth, E. E. (Elmer Ephraim), 1837-1861, Homes and haunts
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Gen. Morrell, U.S.A.
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General M.D. Leggett, USA. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Shufeldt, Adml. R.W.
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Colonel Burr Porter. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.
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ANDREW HULL FOOTE U.S. naval Date: 1806 - 1863
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Maj. General G.B. Cadwalader, half-length portrait, facing right. Civil War Photograph Collection, Photoprint of painting, No. 5408. Cadwalader, George, 1806-1879, Military service, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.
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Robert Cowdin. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Union Major General Henry W. Halleck, c. 1860-65. He commanded operations in the Western Theater of the US Civil War from 1861-62. Halleck was Brig. General Ulysses Grant's superior during the Union victories at Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, and Shiloh. He became General-in-Chief of all the Union armies after McClellan's failed Peninsula Campaign, and Chief of Staff during the last year of the war, after Grant became General-in-Chief. Photo John A. Scholten (BSLOC_2018_7_61)
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Adm. Von Spee
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General Robert E. Lee / photograhed by Brady, New York ; engraved by J.C. McRae, New York. Lee, Robert E, (Robert Edward), 1807-1870, Military service, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Confederate, Generals, American, 1860-1870.
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General Lorenzo Thomas - Union General - USA Civil War
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US Civil War. Major General Ulysses S. Grant. Detail of photograph, c. 1864 (BSLOC_2018_10_25)
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Captain Bard's polka, Mintzer, Charlas A. (composer), Chs. A. Mintzer, Philadelphia, 1855., United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Songs and music, Piano music, Polkas, Bard, E. Milford, Songs and music, Bard, E. Milford, Portraits, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Artillery operations, Songs and music, Popular Songs of the Day, Songs and Music, War and Conflict, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Music associated with the Union side, sheet music
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William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891) American soldier. In American Civil War 1861-65, one of the Unionist (northern) generals. Engraving