Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes
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Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
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Sherman was born in 1820 in Lancaster, Ohio, near the banks of the Hocking River. His father, Charles Robert Sherman, a successful lawyer who sat on the Ohio Supreme Court, died unexpectedly in 1829. He left his widow, Mary Hoyt Sherman, with eleven children and no inheritance. After his father's death, the nine-year-old Sherman was raised by a Lancaster neighbor and family friend, attorney Thomas Ewing, Sr., a prominent member of the Whig Party who served as senator from Ohio and as the first S...
Walker, Mary Edwards, 1832-1919
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Mary Edwards Walker was a Civil War physician, suffragist, and dress reformer. From the description of Postcard, 1888. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007785 Suffragette and pioneer female surgeon. From the description of Papers, 1885-1898, [Washington, D.C.] (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35663594 Dr. Mary Edward Walker was a resident of Oswego Town, New York and is remembered as the first women to publicly wear pants. Her attire wa...
O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882
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Timothy O'Sullivan was an early Western photographer. He served with Clarence King on the United States Geological Explorations of the Fortieth Parallel in 1867. From the description of Timothy O'Sullivan photograph, 1988. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367900033 Timothy O'Sullivan (1840-1882) began his photography career as an apprentice to Mathew Brady, but he left the Brady gallery to photograph American Civil War battlefields on his own. In 1862 or 1863, he joined the st...
Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881
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James Garfield, twentieth President of the United States, was born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, in 1831. After embarking on an academic career, he joined the Ohio volunteer infantry regiment, and in 1863 was appointed Major General in the same regiment. He served as a member of the U. S. House of Representatives from 1863 to 1880, when he was elected President. His inauguration took place on March 4, 1881, but his term of office was unfortunately brought to an abrupt end with his assassination by C...
Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896
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Mathew Brady was a prominent American photographer, best known for his battlefield photos during the Civil War. From the description of Mathew Brady letter, Washington, D.C., to E.C. Stedman, 1879 March 20. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 82087446 From the description of Letter, Washington, D.C., to E.C. Stedman, 1879 March 20. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 50061938 Mathew B. Brady (ca. 1823-1896) was a...
