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Lithograph of Civil War naval officers in uniform posing on a ship deck beside cannons and rope.

Civil War Naval Officers

John Lorimer Worden, 1861

Pen-and-ink drawing of a street riot with armed men and soldiers, a sail maker building, and ship masts at a harbor.

Battle in Baltimore, April 19, 1861

Adalbert John Volck, 1860

Sheet music cover with central oval portrait of a man beside a small figure, flanked by four child medallions and floral bord

The Commodore Nutt Polka

? - Horace Waters, 1860

Engraved portrait of a bearded elderly man seated with a pen in a book-filled study beside a fireplace.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Samuel Hollyer, 1880

Pen-and-ink drawing of soldiers charging with rifles and bayonets among tents, smoke rising, a fallen man in the foreground.

Fight at Santa Rosa Island

Adalbert John Volck, 1860

Hand-colored group portrait of Union officers in blue uniforms gathered around a table with a map, labeled with names.

Grant and his Generals

Ulysses Simpson Grant, 1861

Caricature cartoon of a man skating on a frozen pond falling through cracked ice labeled Income Tax Amendment.

Retreat of Don Grover Quixote

Frederick Victor Gillam, 1890

Pen-and-ink drawing of men unloading a boat on a riverbank with a mule, barrels, a crate and a man in a top hat.

Smuggling Medicines into the South

Adalbert John Volck, 1860

Engraved print of a crowded formal reception with guests in period dress and uniforms under chandeliers.

Grand Reception of the Notabilities of the Nation

Julia Boggs Dent Grant, 1861

Hand-colored engraved portrait of Stephen Van Rensselaer in blue uniform with red sash, holding a shako, before a river view.

Stephen Van Rensselaer

Thomas Gimbrede, 1800

Pen drawing of mounted riders and foot soldiers crossing rocky desert ground, one rider holding a long pennant aloft.

Johnston Crossing the Desert to Join the Southern Army

Adalbert John Volck, 1861

Bearded man in a dark coat stands by a gravestone inscribed Gen Thos J. Jackson, with floral wreaths and a willow tree.

Grave of Stonewall Jackson

Mathew B. Brady, 1861

Black and tan woodcut of the Alamo battle showing a falling rifleman, smoke, a brick wall, and fallen soldiers.

Fall of the Alamo: Death of Crockett

David Crockett, 1830

Line drawing of drovers herding cattle and pigs past covered wagons along a wooded dirt road.

Return of a Raiding Party from Pennsylvania

Adalbert John Volck, 1860

Poster of a charging bison framing an oval portrait of Col. W.F. Cody, with herd running behind and title I AM COMING below.

I Am Coming

Charles E. Stacy, 1900

Satirical lithograph of an elderly man in a fur-collared cloak locking a prison door, with hands gripping the barred window.

Andrew Jackson

Edward Williams Clay, 1820

Pen-and-ink drawing of a rider on a galloping horse leading cattle and mounted men past a fence and barn.

Jemison's Jayhawkers

Adalbert John Volck, 1860

Etching of a young woman in a sun hat holding a tennis racket beside a wooden fence and ivy-covered hedge.

Helen Wills Moody

Childe Hassam, 1920

Sitting Bull

Rudolf Cronau, 1880

Line engraving of mounted cavalrymen charging through a camp past a sutler's stall with barrels and fleeing figures.

General Stewart's Raid to the White House

Adalbert John Volck, 1861

Seated bearded man in work clothes on a wheelbarrow beside a shovel, pick and tin pan, with trees and hills behind.

Etienne Derbec

A. De Lattre, 1850

Engraving of sailors tending a wounded captain on a ship deck, with a pointing officer, smoke, rigging and a banner reading D

The Death of Captain James Lawrence on Board the Chesapeake, June 1st 1813

Ralph Rawdon, 1810

Pen drawing of armed men and officers beside a kneeling woman, with a flag, cannon and smoke in the background.

Valiant Men "Dat Fite Mit Sigel"

Adalbert John Volck, 1861

Hand-colored print of a frontiersman in buckskin raising his hat, holding a rifle, with three dogs in a wooded landscape.

Davy Crockett

C. Stuart, 1830

Engraved family portrait of General Grant with his family on horseback and pony, a dog, and the Capitol dome behind.

General Grant and His Family

Samuel Sartain, 1861

Engraved portrait of Major General Joseph Warren in a tricorn hat holding a musket, with a smoky battlefield behind him.

Joseph Warren

Etching of a bearded officer in uniform on a prancing horse, with a bare tree, smoke, and a distant cart in the landscape.

Le Général Grant

L. Mercier, 1861

Engraved portrait of a woman in a dark silk overdress and lace cuffs, beside flowering shrubs and a garden urn with a swan.

Mrs. George Washington

J. Rogers, 1850

Engraved portrait of a woman with curly hair and a striped shawl, leaning against a tree beside flowering shrubs.

Madᵉ. Genet

Cornelia Tappan Clinton Genet, 1850

Mezzotint portrait of Charles Lee in military uniform and tricorn hat beside a flag reading An Appeal to Heaven.

Charles Lee

Thomlinsen, 1770