. Original photographs taken on the battlefields during the Civil War of the United States . PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN WHILE DEATH WARRANT WAS BEING READ TO WIRTZ, THE KEEPER OF ANDERSONVILLE PRISON IN 1865. HERO OF THE AMERICANS WHO WORE THE BLUE Ulysses Simpson Grant—Born at Point Pleasant, Ohio, April 27, 1822—Died atMt. Gregor, New York, July 33, 188s—Graduated from West Point in 18*3 andfought gallantly under the Stars and Stripes in the War against Mexico—Com-mander-in-chief of the victorious Union Army in the Civil War In the UnitedStates—This photograph was taken when he was forty-two years of
. Original photographs taken on the battlefields during the Civil War of the United States . PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN WHILE DEATH WARRANT WAS BEING READ TO WIRTZ, THE KEEPER OF ANDERSONVILLE PRISON IN 1865. HERO OF THE AMERICANS WHO WORE THE BLUE Ulysses Simpson Grant—Born at Point Pleasant, Ohio, April 27, 1822—Died atMt. Gregor, New York, July 33, 188s—Graduated from West Point in 18*3 andfought gallantly under the Stars and Stripes in the War against Mexico—Com-mander-in-chief of the victorious Union Army in the Civil War In the UnitedStates—This photograph was taken when he was forty-two years of age, duringthe Civil War, and was never before published—It is protected by copyright A MERICANS—true to the blue or true toAA the gray—bow in reverence to the mem-■*- -*- ory of these two great fellow country-men—the greatest leaders that mankindhas ever followed. Under the same beloved flagthey fought in their early days, only to standarrayed against each other as foes in their latterdays, and to finally die as loyal Americans. Neverbefore has the public looked upon these photo-graphs, which were taken by the war cameras atAppomattox at the end of the war. WhenLee offer
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