Clipart illustrations of people that were famous during the time of the American Civil War, including military personnel, politicians, artists, authors, and more.
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Ward, General J. H. Hobart
"General Ward, born in New York city, June 17th, 1823, was educated at Trinity Collegiate School; enlisted at the age of eighteen in the Seventh United States Infantry, and in four years rose through ... |
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Waring, George Edwin
George Edwin Waring was born in Poundridge, NY, July 4, 1833. He was agricultural engineer of Central Park, New York City in 1857. He was the drainage engineer of the park until the Civil War broke ou... |
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Warren, General Gouverneur K.
"General Warren, born in Cold Spring, N. Y., January 8th, 1830, died in Newport, R. I., August 8th, 1882, was graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1850, and assigned to the Topographic... |
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Webb, General Alexander S.
"General Webb, born in New York city, February 15th, 1835, was graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1855, and assigned to the artillery. He served in Florida, Minnesota, and for three... |
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Weitzel, General Godfrey
He joined the Western Louisiana campaign, and from May till September, 1864, was chief engineer of the Army of the James. In August 1864, he was brevetted major general of volunteers.... |
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Welles, Gideon
"Gideon Welles, former Secretary of War."—E. Benjamin Andrews 1895... |
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Welles, Gideon
Gideon Welles (July 1, 1802 – February 11, 1878) was the United States Secretary of the Navy from 1861 to 1869. His buildup of the Navy to successfully execute blockades of Southern ports was a ... |
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Wheeler, General Joseph
(1836-1936) American Major-General active in Civil War and the Spanish-American War. Held a seat in Congress 1881-1899.... |
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Wheeler, General Joseph
(1836-1936) American Major-General active in Civil War and the Spanish-American War. Held a seat in Congress 1881-1899.... |
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Wheeler, Joseph
Joseph Wheeler (September 10, 1836–January 25, 1906) was an American military commander and politician. He has the rare distinction of serving as a general during war time for two opposing force... |
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Wilkes, Charles
(1798-1877) American Naval officer and explorer who brought Great Britain on the Confederate side of the Civil War... |
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Wilkes, Rear Admiral Charles
"Rear Admiral Wilkes, born in New York city, April 3rd, 1798, died in Washington, D. C., February 8th, 1877. He entered the navy as a midshipman, January 1st, 1818, and was promoted to lieutenant, Ap... |
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Wilson, James Harrison
James Harrison Wilson (September 2, 1837 – February 23, 1925) was a United States Army topographic engineer, a Union Army General in the American Civil War and later wars, a railroad executive, ... |
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Wilson, William L.
(1843-1900) American statesman, served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, and was the president of the University of West Virginia.... |
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Winslow, John Ancrum
Rear Admiral John Ancrum Winslow (1811 – 29 September 1873) was an officer in the United States Navy during the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War. He was in command of the steam sl... |
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Winslow, Rear Admiral John A.
"Rear Admiral Winslow, born in Wilmington, N. C., November 19th, 1811, died in Boston, Mass., September 29th, 1873. He entered the navy as a midshipman, February 1st, 1827, and was made a lieutenant,... |
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Winthrop, Theodore
(1828-1861) American military officer. Killed during the Civil War while at the head of an assaulting column of Northern troops at Big Bethel, Virginia.... |
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Wise, Henry Alexander
Henry Alexander Wise (December 3, 1806 – September 12, 1876) was an American statesman from Virginia. Henry A. Wise served in the United States Congress from 1833 to 1844. Wise was active in sec... |
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Wool, General John E.
"General Wool was a general in the civil war."— Frank Leslie, 1896... |
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Yancey, William Lowndes
William Lowndes Yancey (August 10, 1814 – July 27, 1863) was a journalist, politician, orator, diplomat and an American leader of the Southern secession movement. A member of the group known as ... |
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Yates, Richard
Richard Yates (January 18, 1818 – November 27, 1873) was governor of Illinois during the American Civil War and has been considered the greatest war governor during that period. When the war beg... |
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Zollicoffer, Felix Kirk
Felix Kirk Zollicoffer (May 19, 1812 – January 19, 1862) was a newspaperman, three-term United States Congressman from Tennessee, officer in the United States Army, and a Confederate brigadier g... |