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![[Cole portrait of Abraham Lincoln.]. American Civil War 1861-1865.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTkvMDEvMDEvY29sZS1wb3J0cmFpdC1vZi1hYnJhaGFtLWxpbmNvbG4tMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/429/jpg "[Cole portrait of Abraham Lincoln.]. American Civil War 1861-1865.")
![[Unidentified man, about 45 years of age, half-length portrait, facing left, with sideburns]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjIvdW5pZGVudGlmaWVkLW1hbi1hYm91dC00NS15ZWFycy1vZi1hZ2UtaGFsZi1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtZmFjaW5nLWxlZnQtd2l0aC1hNGY0ZTAtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "[Unidentified man, about 45 years of age, half-length portrait, facing left, with sideburns]")
![[David C. Broderick, Senator from California, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDQvZGF2aWQtYy1icm9kZXJpY2stc2VuYXRvci1mcm9tLWNhbGlmb3JuaWEtdGhpcnR5LWZpZnRoLWNvbmdyZXNzLWhhbGYtbGVuZ3RoLTMxZTZiMy02NDAuanBn/40/54/webp "[David C. Broderick, Senator from California, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait]")
![[John Alexander Kennedy, half-length portrait, three-quarters to left, eyes front]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NDQvMDEvMDEvam9obi1hbGV4YW5kZXIta2VubmVkeS1oYWxmLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC10aHJlZS1xdWFydGVycy10by1sZWZ0LWV5ZXMtZnJvbnQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/50/webp "[John Alexander Kennedy, half-length portrait, three-quarters to left, eyes front]")
![[President Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, seated, May 16, 1861]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDgvcHJlc2lkZW50LWFicmFoYW0tbGluY29sbi10aHJlZS1xdWFydGVyLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1zZWF0ZWQtbWF5LTE2LTE4NjEtNjUxNDdhLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/58/webp "[President Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, seated, May 16, 1861]")
![[Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln at the U.S. Capitol, 1861]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjYvaW5hdWd1cmF0aW9uLW9mLWFicmFoYW0tbGluY29sbi1hdC10aGUtdXMtY2FwaXRvbC0xODYxLWZlMzNmNy02NDAuanBn/40/40/webp "[Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln at the U.S. Capitol, 1861]")
![Abraham Lincoln. Prasident der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika, [Lincoln portrait].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvYWJyYWhhbS1saW5jb2xuLXByYXNpZGVudC1kZXItdmVyZWluaWd0ZW4tc3RhYXRlbi12b24tYW1lcmlrYS1saW5jb2xuLXBvcnRyYWl0LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/54/webp "Abraham Lincoln. Prasident der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika, [Lincoln portrait].")
![[Bust portrait of Abraham Lincoln and title page]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjAvMDEvMDEvYnVzdC1wb3J0cmFpdC1vZi1hYnJhaGFtLWxpbmNvbG4tYW5kLXRpdGxlLXBhZ2UtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/34/webp "[Bust portrait of Abraham Lincoln and title page]")
![[Abraham Lincoln, full-length portrait]. American Civil War 1861-1865.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDQvMDEvMDEvYWJyYWhhbS1saW5jb2xuLWZ1bGwtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "[Abraham Lincoln, full-length portrait]. American Civil War 1861-1865.")
