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Jefferson Davis|General George B. McClellan|Abraham Lincoln|Edwin McMasters Stanton|Benjamin Henry Day Jr.|Currier & Ives|Henry Wager Halleck

Breaking that "Backbone"

1862–63
Lithograph
23 × 33.3 cm (9.1 × 13.1 in)

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