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![[Unidentified man, possibly John Keast Lord, naturalist with the Commission survey, full-length portrait, seated, facing right, holding dog whip]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDUvdW5pZGVudGlmaWVkLW1hbi1wb3NzaWJseS1qb2huLWtlYXN0LWxvcmQtbmF0dXJhbGlzdC13aXRoLXRoZS1jb21taXNzaW9uLXN1cnZleS0wOGU5ZTUtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/445/jpg "[Unidentified man, possibly John Keast Lord, naturalist with the Commission survey, full-length portrait, seated, facing right, holding dog whip]")
![22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.1862]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMzAvMjJkLW5ldy15b3JrLXN0YXRlLW1pbGl0aWEtbmVhci1oYXJwZXJzLWZlcnJ5LXZhLTE4NjEtaWUxODYyLTdhNzZkZS02NDAuanBn/40/35/webp "22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.1862]")
![[Unidentified man, possibly John Bannister Gibson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjcvdW5pZGVudGlmaWVkLW1hbi1wb3NzaWJseS1qb2huLWJhbm5pc3Rlci1naWJzb24taGVhZC1hbmQtc2hvdWxkZXJzLXBvcnRyYWl0LTc4NWY0NC02NDAuanBn/40/50/webp "[Unidentified man, possibly John Bannister Gibson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]")
![[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, seated in chair]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMzAvdW5pZGVudGlmaWVkLW1hbi1oZWFkLWFuZC1zaG91bGRlcnMtcG9ydHJhaXQtZmFjaW5nLXJpZ2h0LXNlYXRlZC1pbi1jaGFpci1kNmIzYzUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/59/webp "[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, seated in chair]")
![[John S. Slocum, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, in uniform]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvam9obi1zLXNsb2N1bS1mdWxsLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1zdGFuZGluZy1mYWNpbmctbGVmdC1pbi11bmlmb3JtLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/60/webp "[John S. Slocum, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, in uniform]")
![[Captain John, Paiute Indian, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTgvY2FwdGFpbi1qb2huLXBhaXV0ZS1pbmRpYW4tZnVsbC1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtc3RhbmRpbmctZmFjaW5nLXNsaWdodGx5LXJpZ2h0LWJhYTVmNy02NDAuanBn/40/50/webp "[Captain John, Paiute Indian, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right]")
![[John Goodnow, half-length portrait, seated, facing left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTAvMDEvMDEvam9obi1nb29kbm93LWhhbGYtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LXNlYXRlZC1mYWNpbmctbGVmdC02NDAuanBn/40/63/webp "[John Goodnow, half-length portrait, seated, facing left]")
![[Unidentified man, possibly David Hostetter, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDIvdW5pZGVudGlmaWVkLW1hbi1wb3NzaWJseS1kYXZpZC1ob3N0ZXR0ZXItaGVhZC1hbmQtc2hvdWxkZXJzLXBvcnRyYWl0LWZhY2luZy05MDZmNGYtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "[Unidentified man, possibly David Hostetter, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]")
