Images Dated 2nd December 2006

General Benjamin Henry Grierson, Union cavalry general, 1862-1867.Artist: J Rogers

General Benjamin Henry Grierson, Union cavalry general, 1862-1867. In 1863 Grierson (1826-1911) commanded the operation known as Grierson's Raid, an 800 mile long advance deep into Confederate territory that formed part of General Ulyssess Grant's Vicksburg campaign. After the Civil War he organised and commanded the 10th Cavalry, one of two regiments comprised of black enlisted men and white officers popularly known as the Buffalo Soldiers. An engraving from volume III of The War with the South : a History of the Late Rebellion, by Robert Tomes, Benjamin G Smith, New York, Virtue & Yorston, 3 Volumes, 1862-1867

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John Alexander Logan, Union soldier and politician, 1862-1867.Artist: J Rogers

John Alexander Logan, Union soldier and politician, 1862-1867. A member of the US House of Representatives before the Civil War, Logan (1826-1866) served as a general in the Union Army during the war, winning the Medal of Honor for his role in the capture of Vicksburg in 1863. After the war he resumed his political career, initially in the House of Representatives before later becoming a Senator for the state of Illinois. He ran unsuccessfully for Vice President in 1884. An engraving from volume III of The War with the South : a History of the Late Rebellion, by Robert Tomes, Benjamin G Smith, New York, Virtue & Yorston, 3 Volumes, 1862-1867

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John Cabell Breckinridge, Confederate general, 1862-1867.Artist: J Rogers

John Cabell Breckinridge, Confederate general, 1862-1867. Before the Civil War Breckinridge (1821-1875) served as the 14th Vice-President of the United States, the youngest holder of that office. He ran, unsuccessfully, for President in the 1860 election. After serving in both the western and eastern theatres in the war, he was appointed Conferate Secretary of War in 1865, a post he held until the conflict ended. Fearing charges of treason he fled into exile, but returned to the US in 1869 after being granted an amnesty. An engraving from volume III of The War with the South : a History of the Late Rebellion, by Robert Tomes, Benjamin G Smith, New York, Virtue & Yorston, 3 Volumes, 1862-1867

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