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Portrait of Ulysses S. Grant with one star visible on his jacket.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04360.097 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Engraving Date: 1863 Pagination: Order a Copy

Portrait of Ulysses S. Grant with one star visible on his jacket. Grant is sitting on an ammunition box near a cannon holding a map of the Vicksburg area. With printed signature. Johnson Fry & Co. Publishers, 1863. Painted by Alonzo Chappel from Grant's "latest Photograph."

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

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