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_____A group of 30 biographical cards of Civil War officers, plus three duplicates._____ Each card is 6.75 x 5", printed on both sides._____ These were probably issued as a give-away premium as part of a package._____ The margins show evidence of having been cut out of._____another sheet by hand. _____ The fronts feature a 2.75 x 3" full color portrait of the officer and a representative battle or patriotic scene._____ This is framed by the first portion of his biography in very small type._____ The conclusion of the biography fills the back of the card in a._____similar minuscule font. _____ There are three duplicates noted in the list below._____ On these the borders of the illustrations are printed in obviously different colors. _____ Undated, but certainly 19th century, with a couple of 1886 deaths noted._____ Of those few still living, William Sherman would be one of the earliest to die, in 1891._____ . _____ Banks, Nathaniel P. ////// Breckinridge, John G. ///// Buell, Don Carlos ///// Burnside, Ambrose E. ///// Butler, Benjamin F. (two) / Farragut, David G. / Foote, Andrews Hull / Garfield, James A. / Gillmore, Quincy A. ////// Grant, Ulysses S. ///// Halleck, Henry W. ////// Hancock, Winfield S. ///// Hardee, William J. ///// Hooker, Joseph ///// Howard, Oliver Otis ///// Johnston, Albert E. ////// Johnston, Joseph E. ////// Logan, John A. ///// Magruder, John B. ///// McClellan, George B. ///// McDowell, Irvin (two) / Porter, David D. ////// Rosecrans, William S. (two) ////// Scott, Winfield / Sedgwick, John ///// Sheridan, Philip H. ////// Sherman, William T. ///// Sigel, Franz ////// Smith, Kirby._____. Seller Inventory # R-45282
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