Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, 19th Century Frame Style:Canvas Wrap General George Brinton McClellan and

General George Brinton McClellan and Staff Before Yorktown

1861 — a martial portrait fixed barely a month after Manassas

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Verdigris — aged copper-green with antique patina

Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, 19th Century Frame Style:Canvas Wrap General George Brinton McClellan andLieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, 19th Century a portrait of the Union's quiet butcher, rendered with the three stars he wore as the first lieutenant general since Washington. The likeness carries the weight of a man who fought by arithmetic, willing to spend what the ledger demanded to end the war. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical