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"Send me your picture" was a common refrain in letters to soldiers from the homefront. The soldiers obliged often sending carte de viste photographs - so-called because they were the size of visiting cards. William J. Hardee, Lieut. General Lieut. General William J. Hardee, half-length portrait, facing slightly left. CREATED/PUBLISHED:  [photographed between 1861 and 1865, printed later] REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-USZC4-7972 LC-USZ62-14973 Gettysburg, Pa. John L. Burns, the "old hero of Gettysburg," with gun and crutches Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Gettysburg, June-July, 1863. CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1863 July. REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-B8171-2402 Portrait of a Confederate soldier? CREATED/PUBLISHED: between 1860 and 1865, re-photographed 1961 REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-B8184-10693 Portrait of a Confederate soldier? CREATED/PUBLISHED: between 1860 and 1865, re-photographed 1961 REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-B8184-10692 General Braxton Bragg Braxton Bragg, half-length portrait, facing right. CREATED/PUBLISHED: photographed between 1861 and 1865, printed later REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZC4-7984, LC-USZ62-4888 Unknown location. Unidentified Union volunteer with shouldered rifle and bayonet in photographer's studio Photographs of artillery, place and date unknown. CREATED/PUBLISHED: Between 1860 and 1865 REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-B8172-1174 Portrait of Maj. Gen. Benjamin Huger, officer of the Confederate Army CREATED/PUBLISHED: Between 1860 and 1865 REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-B8172-1978 Portrait of Commodore Franklin Buchanan, C.S.N., officer of the Confederate Navy Buchanan is in U.S. Navy uniform. CREATED/PUBLISHED: Between 1860 and 1865 REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-B8172-1428 Charleston Harbor, S.C. Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren standing by a Dahlgren gun on deck of U.S.S. Pawnee Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1865 CREATED/PUBLISHED: Between 1860 and 1865 REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-B8171-3417 Portrait of Brig. Gen. William A. Hammond, Surgeon-General, officer of the Federal Army CREATED/PUBLISHED: Between 1860 and 1865 REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-B8172-1558 Portrait of Pvt. Philip Carper, 35th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry, C.S.A. CREATED/PUBLISHED: Between 1860 and 1865, re-photographed 1961 REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-B8184-10018 Portrait of Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, officer of the Federal Army CREATED/PUBLISHED: Between 1860 and 1865 REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-PP004A-40429 Portrait of boy soldier CREATED/PUBLISHED: between 1860 and 1865, re-photographed 1961 REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-B8184-10573 Portrait of Lt. Edwin J. Sweet, 40th New York Infantry, USA CREATED/PUBLISHED: between 1860 and 1865, re-photographed 1961 REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-B8184-10066 33d New York Infantry Soldier posed, full-length, standing, facing front, holding bayoneted rifle in camp. CREATED/PUBLISHED: between 1861 and 1865 REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-99872 Portrait of Col. John S. Mosby, 43rd Battalion, Virginia Cavalry, C.S.A., and friend CREATED/PUBLISHED: between 1860 and 1865, re-photographed 1961 REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-B8184-10455 Maj. General E.V. Sumner Maj. General Edwin Vose Sumner, full-length portrait, standing on steps, facing right. CREATED/PUBLISHED: photographed between 1861 and 1863, printed later REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-115180 Portrait of Gen. Robert E. Lee, officer of the Confederate Army CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1863. REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-B8172-0001 Portrait of Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, officer of the Federal Army CREATED/PUBLISHED: Between 1860 and 1865 REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-B8172-6371 Portrait of Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, officer of the Federal Army CREATED/PUBLISHED: Between 1860 and 1865 REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-B8172-6454 Portrait of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, officer of the Federal Army, and his wife, Ellen Mary Marcy CREATED/PUBLISHED: Between 1860 and 1865 REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-B8172-1765 Major General D.B. Birney, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right CREATED/PUBLISHED: photographed between 1861 and 1865, printed later REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-104947 Copyright 2002 WETA. All rights reserved.