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Final Assault upon Fort Fisher, North Carolina

1872-73
oil on canvas
56 x 123 1/2 in. (142.2 x 313.7 cm.)

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Philadelphia, PA

Smith, Xanthus Russellnotes
View looking toward the coast of North Carolina, with sailing ships barely visible amid clouds of smoke as they fire on Fort Fisher during the Civil War, just before the fall of the fort to the Union forces in 1865.
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Capture of Fort Fisher

1890
Chromolithograph

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division

Washington, D.C.

Kurz & Allison Art Publishers Unrated
Jefferson Davis

1849
Watercolor on ivory
Feigned Oval: 17 x 14cm (6 11/16 x 5 1/2") Case Open: 19.4 x 33 x 1.3cm (7 5/8 x 13 x 1/2")

Smithsonian Institution

New York, NY

Saunders, George Lethbridgenotes
Jefferson Finis Davis (June 3, 1808 – December 6, 1889) was an American statesman and leader of the Confederacy during the American Civil War, serving as President of the Confederate States of America for its entire history, from 1861 to 1865. Davis was born in Kentucky to Samuel and Jane (Cook) Davis. After attending Transylvania University,...
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General Robert E. Lee

1876
Oil on canvas
54 1/2 x 40 3/4 in. (138.4 x 103.5 cm)

Corcoran Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C.

Elder, John Adamsnotes
Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a career military officer who is best known for having commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War. The son of Revolutionary War officer Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee III and a top graduate of the United States Military Academy, Robert E. Lee...
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Grant from West Point to Appomattox

1885
Chromolithograph
no dimensions avaliable

Library of Congress

Washington, D.C.

Thulstrup, Bror Thure denotes
Grant from West Point to Appomattox, an 1885 engraving presumably intended to commemorate Grant's achievements after his death. A half-length portrait of Ulysses S. Grant is surrounded by nine scenes of his career from West Point graduation in 1843 to Lee's surrender in 1865. Clockwise from lower...
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Lt. General Ulysses Simpson Grant, Commander In Chief Of The U.s. Forces

1866
Oil on canvas
36 1/8 x 29 in. (91.8 x 73.7 cm)

Chrysler Museum of Art

Norfolk, VA

Mayer, Constantnotes
Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877) following his dominant role in the second half of the Civil War. Under Grant, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military; having effectively ended the war and secession with the surrender of Robert E....
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Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard

1861
Oil on canvas
59 x 45 1/2 in. (149.9 x 115.6 cm)

Historic Charleston Foundation

Charleston, SC

Healy, George P.A.notes
Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (May 28, 1818 – February 20, 1893) was a Louisiana-born American military officer, politician, inventor, writer, civil servant, and the first prominent general of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Today he is commonly referred to as P. G. T. Beauregard, but he rarely used his first name...
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Pierre G. T. Beauregard

circa 1840s-1850s
oil on canvas
30 by 24 inches

Private Collection

Unknown, USA

Clague, Richardnotes
Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (May 28, 1818 – February 20, 1893) was a Louisiana-born American military officer, politician, inventor, writer, civil servant, and the first prominent general of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
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General William Tecumseh Sherman

1888
oil on canvas
no dimensions avaliable

Thulstrup, Bror Thure denotes
William Tecumseh Sherman (February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, educator and author. He served as a General in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–65), for which he received recognition for his outstanding command of military strategy as well as criticism for the harshness of the...
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General Winfield Scott

ca. 1855
oil on canvas
33 3/4 x 26 7/8 in. (85.7 x 68.3 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

Weir, Robert W.notes
Winfield Scott (June 13, 1786 – May 29, 1866) was a United States Army general, and unsuccessful presidential candidate of the Whig Party in 1852. Known as "Old Fuss and Feathers" and the "Grand Old Man of the Army," he served on active duty as a general longer than any other man in American history, and many historians rate him the best...
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