Dead soldiers at the Dunker church near Sharpsburg Maryland. This photo shows the aftermath of September 17th 1862, the battle of Antietam which remains the bloodiest single day in American history with over 22,000 Americans casualties (both sides). Photo by Alexander Gardner
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Ulysses S. Grant after a devastating defeat at Cold Harbor, Va., in 1864.
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Portrait of General George G. Meade, circa (1863)
Photo by Mathew B. Brady
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General William T. Sherman, circa 1861
Photographer: Mathew Brady
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Abraham Lincoln, President, U.S. circa 1863
Photo by Mathew Brady
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General Ulysses S. Grant, circa 1861
Photographer: Mathew Brady
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Allan Pinkerton, President Abraham Lincoln and Major General John A. McClernand, circa 1862
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General Frank Blair and His Staff
Francis Preston Blair, Jr. (middle) circa 1860.
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Petersburg, Virginia. Dead Confederate soldier in trenches before Petersburg. Photo shows, according to Thomas Roche's caption, "a Rebel soldier killed in the Rebel trenches before Petersburgh [sic], April 1, 1865.
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Abraham Lincoln, 1863.
This famous portrait of Lincoln was taken by Alexander Gardner on November 8, 1863, only weeks before he would deliver the Gettysburg Address. It is sometimes referred to as the "Gettysburg portrait,"
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Abraham Lincoln, presidential candidate, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing
slightly right, 1860.
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President Abraham Lincoln's box at Ford's Theater Washington, D.C.,circa 1865.
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Washington, D.C. President Lincoln's funeral procession on Pennsylvania Avenue, April 19, 1865.
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Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, Gettysburg, November 19, 1863.
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Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, seated and holding his spectacles and a pencil.
February 5, 1865.
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Portrait of Major General Ulysses S. Grant, officer of the Federal Army, circa 1860.
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Portrait of Major General Ulysses S. Grant, officer of the Federal Army, circa 1860.
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Portrait of General Robert E. Lee, officer of the Confederate Army, 1864.
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