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![[Full length portrait of soldier]. American Civil War 1861-1865.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTEvZnVsbC1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtb2Ytc29sZGllci0wNjg2MjktMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/633/jpg "[Full length portrait of soldier]. American Civil War 1861-1865.")
![[Man shoveling coal]. Book illustration from Library of Congress](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTcvbWFuLXNob3ZlbGluZy1jb2FsLWRiNTViOC02NDAuanBn/40/30/webp "[Man shoveling coal]. Book illustration from Library of Congress")
![[Portrait of Maj. General (as of Apr. 15, 1865) George A. Custer, officer of the Federal Army]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjAvMDEvMDEvcG9ydHJhaXQtb2YtbWFqLWdlbi1hcy1vZi1hcHItMTUtMTg2NS1nZW9yZ2UtYS1jdXN0ZXItb2ZmaWNlci1vZi10aGUtZmVkZXJhbC0xLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/61/webp "[Portrait of Maj. General (as of Apr. 15, 1865) George A. Custer, officer of the Federal Army]")
![[Civil War envelope showing portrait of Maj. General U.S. Grant]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjAvY2l2aWwtd2FyLWVudmVsb3BlLXNob3dpbmctcG9ydHJhaXQtb2YtbWFqLWdlbi11cy1ncmFudC0wNDZhNGItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/24/webp "[Civil War envelope showing portrait of Maj. General U.S. Grant]")
![[Micah Jenkins, 1835-1864, half length, seated, facing slightly right, in U.S. Civil War officer's uniform. Colonel, 5th S.C. Infantry]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjEvMDEvMDEvbWljYWgtamVua2lucy0xODM1LTE4NjQtaGFsZi1sZW5ndGgtc2VhdGVkLWZhY2luZy1zbGlnaHRseS1yaWdodC1pbi11cy1jaXZpbC02NDAuanBn/40/60/webp "[Micah Jenkins, 1835-1864, half length, seated, facing slightly right, in U.S. Civil War officer's uniform. Colonel, 5th S.C. Infantry]")
![[Full-length portrait of an unidentified Civil War soldier] / J.P. Ball, 30 W. 4th St.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDYvZnVsbC1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtb2YtYW4tdW5pZGVudGlmaWVkLWNpdmlsLXdhci1zb2xkaWVyLWpwLWJhbGwtMzAtdy00dGgtNmIxZTJkLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/65/webp "[Full-length portrait of an unidentified Civil War soldier] / J.P. Ball, 30 W. 4th St.")
![[Andrew Carnegie, 1835-1919, full-length portrait, seated]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDUvMDEvMDEvYW5kcmV3LWNhcm5lZ2llLTE4MzUtMTkxOS1mdWxsLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1zZWF0ZWQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/54/webp "[Andrew Carnegie, 1835-1919, full-length portrait, seated]")
![The campaign atlas, for 1861 : [United States].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjEvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWNhbXBhaWduLWF0bGFzLWZvci0xODYxLXVuaXRlZC1zdGF0ZXMtMTUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/26/webp "The campaign atlas, for 1861 : [United States].")
