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Vintage Photos of 4 Important 19th Century Figures: Grant, Webster, Sheridan, Sherman.
Lot 275. Vintage Photos of 4 Important 19th Century Figures: Grant, Webster, Sheridan, Sherman. All four leaders have some connection to the Civil War. Their mid-19th sepia photos, which are not mounted, measure approximately 4” x 5.75”. Webster served as a U.S. Representative and Senator from Massachusetts and as Secretary of State. He worked to achieve various compromises in the hope of averting the Civil War. Ex photo. U.S. Grant, of course, was the Union’s most successful Civil War general and served as U.S. President from 1869-77. Ex-m+ photo. William Tecumseh Sherman was an outstanding military strategist who served under Grant in the Civil War and implemented “total war” against the Confederate States. The photo has a repaired hole away from Sherman’s image; it could be matted out. Philip Sheridan also served with Grant in the West, was appointed General of the Army under President Cleveland and had a key role in the development of Yellowstone National Park. Vg-ex photo.
Winning Bid $198.
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