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Bust portrait engraving of young-looking Ulysses S. Grant with two stars visible on his jacket.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04360.096 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Engraving Signed Date: 1865 Pagination: Order a Copy

Engraving [from a book ?]. Bust portrait of young-looking Ulysses S. Grant with two stars visible on his jacket. With printed signature and cartouche entitled: "Siege of Vicksburg." Virtue & Yorstown, 1865, "From an Ambrotype by Brady. Expressly for this work."

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

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