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Brand, Edwin L., 1834-1900 [Group portrait of General Ulysses S. Grant and his staff]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07808.038 Author/Creator: Brand, Edwin L., 1834-1900 Place Written: Chicago, Illinois Type: Photograph Date: circa 1864 Pagination: 1 albumen : b&w Height: 42 cm, Width: 31.4 cm Order a Copy

View of Grant and his staff, including Gen. John A. Rawlins, Gen. Cyrus B. Comstock, Col. Henry W. Janes, Major William M. Dunn, Gen. Michael R. Morgan, Gen. Orville E. Babcock, Capt. Peter T. Hudson, and Gen. Ely S. Parker. Names of Grant's staff inscribed in ink on both recto and verso. Additional ink inscription cut off on top of verso: "John [S?] Prince, St. [illegible]inn." Image is either heavily retouched or from a painting.

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Rawlins, John A. (John Aaron), 1831-1869
Comstock, Cyrus Ballou, 1831-1910
Janes, Henry W., fl. 1864
Dunn, William M., fl. 1864
Morgan, M. R., fl. 1864
Babcock, Orville E., 1835-1884
Hudson, Peter T., fl. 1864
Parker, Ely Samuel, 1828-1895
Brand, Edwin L., 1834-1900

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