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The Council of War
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The council of war
Visual Materials
Image of a group portrait of American Civil War Union commanders (L to R) David Dixon Porter, David Farragut, President Abraham Lincoln, William Tecumseh Sherman, George Henry Thomas, Ulysses S. Grant, and Philip Sheridan sitting on rocks or standing in a wilderness area.
priJLC_MIL_000962
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Photographs of Civil War generals and officers
Visual Materials
Carte-de-visite photographs of Civil War generals and officers, almost all taken during the war. Includes: Benjamin Franklin Butler; David Farragut; Henry Halleck; five different portraits of Robert E. Lee; L. K. Westcott; Gouverneur Kemble Warren; R. H. Johnson; four different portraits of William Rosecrans; Alexander McCook; Edwin Stanton; Winfield Scott; and two different portraits of Ulysses S. Grant. Several photographs by Mathew Brady.
photPF 2880-2899
The council of war
Visual Materials
Image of Generals Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman in a Council of War in front of a tent smoking cigars and pointing at a map; ammunition and soldiers in background.
priJLC_MIL_000971
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John Shaw Gregory appointment to Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers
Manuscripts
Contains the signatures of President Abraham Lincoln and Edwin Stanton, Secretary of War. This appoints Shaw as the Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers with the rank of Captain.
mssShawg
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War Department, Washington, April 20, 1865. : $100,000 reward! The murderer of our late beloved President, Abraham Lincoln, is still at large
Rare Books
Proclamation type-signed: Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War describes rewards offered and is followed by descriptions of three fugitives
82912
Ulysses S. Grant Memorial, Lincoln Park, Chicago
Manuscripts
A view of the memorial to General and President Ulysses S. Grant in Lincoln Park in Chicago. The memorial is built from large stones, with a covered area surmounted by an equestrian statue, depicting Grant as a soldier. There are people in the archways that line the covered area, and a couple with an umbrella walking along a path in the foreground.
mssLattaS, Box 117, Folder 7, Item 1