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The Battle Of Pittsburgh, Tennessee, Currier And Ives Feb 2023

The Battle Of Pittsburgh, Tennessee, Currier And Ives

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Reproduction of Currier & Ives: ""The Battle Of Pittsburgh, Tenn..."" From Portfolio #3 of an 8 portfolio set: ""Currier & Ives...Engravings For The People Of The Civil War."" A color print which depicts General Ulysses S. Grant leading troops at the Battle of Pittsburgh. Union troops are depicted advancing on the Confederate position.

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The Great Battle Of Murfreesboro, Tennessee January 2nd 1863., Currier And Ives Feb 2023

The Great Battle Of Murfreesboro, Tennessee January 2nd 1863., Currier And Ives

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Reproduction of Currier & Ives: ""The Great Battle Of Murfreesboro, Tenn..."" From Portfolio #5 of an 8 portfolio set: ""Currier & Ives...Engravings For The People Of The Civil War."" A color reproduction print that depicts General William Rosecrans's Union forces attacking the Confederate forces under General Braxton Bragg.

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The Battle Of Chattanooga, Tennessee November 24th And 25th 1863., Currier And Ives Feb 2023

The Battle Of Chattanooga, Tennessee November 24th And 25th 1863., Currier And Ives

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Reproduction of Currier & Ives: ""The Battle Of Chattanooga, Tenn..."" From Portfolio #6 of an 8 portfolio set: ""Currier & Ives...Engravings For The People Of The Civil War."" A reproduction color print that depicts Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate General Braxton Bragg fighting at the battle of Chattanooga in Tennessee on November 24th-25th 1863.

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The Battle Of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 3rd 1863., Currier And Ives Feb 2023

The Battle Of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 3rd 1863., Currier And Ives

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Reproduction of Currier & Ives: ""The Battle Of Gettysburg, Pa..."" From Portfolio #5 of an 8 portfolio set: ""Currier & Ives...Engravings For The People Of The Civil War."" A color reproduction print that depicts the battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania on July 3rd 1863. Union forces are depicted advancing on Confederate forces.

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Bombardment Of Fort Sumter, Currier And Ives Feb 2023

Bombardment Of Fort Sumter, Currier And Ives

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Reproduction of Currier & Ives: ""Bombardment of Fort Sumter..."" From Portfolio #1 of an 8 portfolio set: ""Currier & Ives...Engravings For The People Of The Civil War."" Color print which depicts Fort Sumter being assaulted with artillery. Fumes and smoke are depicted coming from the structure.

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Vignette Portrait Of Boston Corbett Feb 2023

Vignette Portrait Of Boston Corbett

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Vignette portrait of Boston Corbett, the soldier who shot John Wilkes Booth. [Possibly a 20th century print; not on a cardboard mount.]

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Jefferson Davis Pull Tab Lithograph, D. C. Johnston Studio Feb 2023

Jefferson Davis Pull Tab Lithograph, D. C. Johnston Studio

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Confederate president Jefferson Davis appears in this cartoon pull-tab lithograph. The tab changes his expression from a smile about the Confederate victory at Fort Sumter to a frown over the surrender of Vicksburg.

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Winfield Scott Hancock Illustration And Biography, John Chester Buttre, Mathew Brady Feb 2023

Winfield Scott Hancock Illustration And Biography, John Chester Buttre, Mathew Brady

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The object includes a book illustration and accompanying text that have been removed from an unknown book (possibly a 19th century book). The illustration is an engraved portrait of Winfield Scott Hancock, a career U.S. Army officer and the Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 1880, and the text is a short biography of his life and career. Both are printed on white paper and black ink.

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Ethan Allen Hitchcock Illustration And Biography, John Chester Buttre, John Adams Whipple Feb 2023

Ethan Allen Hitchcock Illustration And Biography, John Chester Buttre, John Adams Whipple

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The object includes a book illustration and accompanying text that have been removed from an unknown book (possibly a 19th century book). The illustration is an engraved portrait of Ethan Allen Hitchcock, a career United States Army officer, and the text is a short biography of his life and career. Both are printed on white paper and black ink.

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Silas Horton Stringham Illustration And Biography, John Chester Buttre, Mathew Brady Feb 2023

Silas Horton Stringham Illustration And Biography, John Chester Buttre, Mathew Brady

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The object includes a book illustration and accompanying text that have been removed from an unknown book (possibly a 19th century book). The illustration is an engraved portrait of Silas Horton Stringham, an officer of the United States Navy ,and the text is a short biography of his life and career. Both are printed on white paper and black ink.

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The Battle Of Chancellorsville (From The Life Stories Of Famous Americans) Feb 2023

The Battle Of Chancellorsville (From The Life Stories Of Famous Americans)

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The print is an illustration from the book The Life Stories of Famous Americans. It depicts a scene from the Battle of Chancellorsville, fought from April 30 to May 6, 1863. It is known as General Robert E. Lee's greatest victory during the American Civil War. The image is printed in black ink on off-white paper. It appears to have been removed from a bound volume. The item's verso contains an excerpt from page 104 of the book.

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Ormsby Macknight Mitchel Illustration And Biography, John Chester Buttre Feb 2023

Ormsby Macknight Mitchel Illustration And Biography, John Chester Buttre

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The object includes a book illustration and accompanying text that have been removed from an unknown book (possibly a 19th century book). The illustration is an engraved portrait of Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel, a major general in the American Civil War, and the text is a short biography of his life and career. Both are printed on white paper and black ink.

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The Battle Of Bull Run Feb 2023

The Battle Of Bull Run

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The print is an illustration from the book The Life Stories of Famous Americans. It depicts a scene from the Battle of Bull Run. It is unclear to which Bull Run the image refers. The image is printed in black ink on off-white paper. It appears to have been removed from a bound volume. The item's verso contains an excerpt from page 102 of the book.

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On The Upper Missouri, William De La Montagne Cary, Fishel, Adler, And Schwartz Feb 2023

On The Upper Missouri, William De La Montagne Cary, Fishel, Adler, And Schwartz

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The etching depicts a Native American village located along the Missouri River. In the scene, a series of trees and teepees are pictured to the left of the river. To the right, one Native American man sits horseback, watching a group of seven horses take water from the river. Clouds, hills, and natural vegetation are pictured in the background. The etching was found inside a picture frame behind another print. It has been cut into two halves. The left side's bottom border and the right side's top border have been cut away.

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Charles Henry Davis Illustration And Biography, John Chester Buttre, Mathew Brady Feb 2023

Charles Henry Davis Illustration And Biography, John Chester Buttre, Mathew Brady

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The object includes a book illustration and accompanying text that have been removed from an unknown book (possibly a 19th century book). The illustration is an engraved portrait of Charles Henry Davis, a rear admiral in the United States Navy, and the text is a short biography of his life and career.

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Josephy King Fenno Mansfield Illustration And Biography, John Chester Buttre, Mathew Brady Feb 2023

Josephy King Fenno Mansfield Illustration And Biography, John Chester Buttre, Mathew Brady

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The object includes a book illustration and accompanying text that have been removed from an unknown book (possibly a 19th century book). The illustration is an engraved portrait of Joseph King Fenno Mansfield, a career United States Army officer, civil engineer, and a Union general in the American Civil War, and the text is a short biography of his life and career. Both are printed on white paper and black ink.

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James Shields Illustration And Biography, John Chester Buttre, Mathew Brady Feb 2023

James Shields Illustration And Biography, John Chester Buttre, Mathew Brady

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The object includes a book illustration and accompanying text that have been removed from an unknown book (possibly a 19th century book). The illustration is an engraved portrait of James Shields, an Irish American Democratic politician and United States Army officer,and the text is a short biography of his life and career. Both are printed on white paper and black ink.

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Stuart's Cavalry Cutting Telegraph Wires (From The Life Stories Of Famous Americans) Feb 2023

Stuart's Cavalry Cutting Telegraph Wires (From The Life Stories Of Famous Americans)

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The print is an illustration from the book The Life Stories of Famous Americans. It depicts a scene where James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart's (major general for the Confederate States of America) cavalry cut Union telegraph wires. The image is printed in black ink on off-white paper. It appears to have been removed from a bound volume. The item's verso contains an excerpt from page 106 of the book.

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Incident At The Siege Of Vicksburg (From The Life Stories Of Famous Americans) Feb 2023

Incident At The Siege Of Vicksburg (From The Life Stories Of Famous Americans)

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The print is an illustration from the book The Life Stories of Famous Americans. It depicts a scene from the Siege of Vicksburg, the final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. The image is printed in black ink on off-white paper. It appears to have been removed from a bound volume. The item's verso contains an excerpt from page 92 of the book.

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Lincoln And His Son "Tad", Anthony Berger Feb 2023

Lincoln And His Son "Tad", Anthony Berger

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The portrait depicts Abraham Lincoln and his son, Tad, reading from a book. Lincoln sits wearing glasses on his face while holding a book in his lap. Both Lincoln and Tad focus their gaze toward the book as Lincoln uses his proper right hand to turn a page. This particular object appears to have been removed from a book. Its reverse includes the title to two works, page numbers, and an image entitled Theire Sitting at Meate.

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Sovereigns, No. 4, "La Civilization Russe.", James Tissot Feb 2023

Sovereigns, No. 4, "La Civilization Russe.", James Tissot

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The chromolithograph depicts Czar Alexander II of Russia seated in religious regalia (presumably Russian Orthodox). Beneath his feet, two small people are being crushed beneath his weight. At the bottom left corner, another small figure sits and waves a flag. At the bottom right corner, a fourth small figure crawls on the ground. The lithograph is accompanied by a small article that gives documentary information about the image. It is written by Jehu Junior, an alias for Thomas Gibson Bowles the founder of Vanity Fair. At this time, the magazine was widely known for its caricatures of people of privilege.

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Theodore Winthrop Illustration And Biography, John Chester Buttre Feb 2023

Theodore Winthrop Illustration And Biography, John Chester Buttre

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The object includes a book illustration and accompanying text that have been removed from an unknown book (possibly a 19th century book). The illustration is an engraved portrait of Theodore Winthrop, journalist, novelist, and travel writer,and the text is a short biography of his life and career. Both are printed on white paper and black ink.

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Edwards Pierrepont Illustration And Biography Feb 2023

Edwards Pierrepont Illustration And Biography

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The object includes a book illustration and accompanying text that have been removed from an unknown book (possibly a 19th century book regarding President Ulysses S. Grant's presidential cabinet/administration). The illustration is an engraved portrait of Edwards Pierrpont, the attorney general during Grant's administration, and the text is a short biography of his life and career. Both are printed on white paper and black ink.

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John Adams Dix Illustration And Biography, John Chester Buttre, Mathew Brady Feb 2023

John Adams Dix Illustration And Biography, John Chester Buttre, Mathew Brady

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The object includes a book illustration and accompanying text that have been removed from an unknown book (possibly a 19th century book). The illustration is an engraved portrait of John Adams Dix, Secretary of the Treasury, Governor of New York, and Union major general during the Civil War,and the text is a short biography of his life and career. Both are printed on white paper and black ink.

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Samuel P. Heintzelman Illustration And Biography, John Chester Buttre, Mathew Brady Feb 2023

Samuel P. Heintzelman Illustration And Biography, John Chester Buttre, Mathew Brady

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The object includes a book illustration and accompanying text that have been removed from an unknown book (possibly a 19th century book). The illustration is an engraved portrait of Samuel P. Heintzelman, a United States Army general, and the text is a short biography of his life and career. Both are printed on white paper and black ink.

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Statesmen No. 66. "The Ablest Statesman In Europe.", James Tissot Feb 2023

Statesmen No. 66. "The Ablest Statesman In Europe.", James Tissot

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The chromolithograph depicts a standing Prince Otto Edward Leopold von Bismarck-Schonhausen of Germany in his military uniform. He rests his proper left hand on a table that is covered with maps and his helmet. The lithograph is accompanied by a photocopy of a short article that originally appeared with the lithograph.

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Defense Of Fort Sumter (From The Life Stories Of Famous Americans) Feb 2023

Defense Of Fort Sumter (From The Life Stories Of Famous Americans)

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The print is an illustration from the book The Life Stories of Famous Americans. It depicts a scene from the Battle of Fort Sumter, the site of the first shots of the Civil War. The image is printed in black ink on off-white paper. It appears to have been removed from a bound volume. The item's verso contains an excerpt from page 76 of the book.

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Caleb Cushing Illustration And Biography Feb 2023

Caleb Cushing Illustration And Biography

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The object includes a book illustration and accompanying text that have been removed from an unknown book (possibly a 19th century book regarding President Ulysses S. Grant's presidential administration). The illustration is an engraved portrait of Caleb Cusing, United States Ambassador to Spain during the Grant presidential administration, and the text is a short biography of his life and career. Both are printed on white paper and black ink.

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Abraham Lincoln. President Of The United States. Assassinated April 14, 1865., William Momberger, John Chester Buttre, Anthony Berger Feb 2023

Abraham Lincoln. President Of The United States. Assassinated April 14, 1865., William Momberger, John Chester Buttre, Anthony Berger

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Engraved bust portrait of Abraham Lincoln based on a photograph from Brady's National Portrait Gallery taken by Anthony Berger on 9 February 1864. In the portrait, Lincoln is seated with his body turned slightly to his proper left. Surrounding his portrait is a decorative border designed by William Momberger that features several vignette images. This portrait was originally published in 1864, but was rereleased in 1865 to pay tribute to the martyred President.

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Thomas Alexander Scott Illustration And Biography, Atlantic Publishing And Engraving Company Feb 2023

Thomas Alexander Scott Illustration And Biography, Atlantic Publishing And Engraving Company

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The object includes a book illustration and accompanying text that have been removed from an unknown book (possibly a 19th century book). The illustration is an engraved portrait of Thomas Alexander Scott, appointed in 1861 by President Abraham Lincoln as the U.S. Assistant Secretary of War during the American Civil War, and the text is a short biography of his life and career. Both are printed on white paper and black ink.

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