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Saturday, August 22, 2026

Edwin B. Hay

by Vinnie Ream Hoxie

Posted by Allen Browne at 7:43 AM No comments:

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Labels: 19th Century, Lawyers, Rock Creek Cemetery, Vinnie Ream

Saturday, March 7, 2026

Thomas Wilson

Thomas Wilson Was Not a Nazi.

Posted by Allen Browne at 10:32 AM No comments:

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Labels: 19th Century, Anthropology, Rock Creek Cemetery, Swastika, U. S. Civil War

Monday, February 2, 2026

Samuel Hay Kauffmann

Samuel Hay Kauffmann by Rossiter Johnson 1906

Posted by Allen Browne at 11:22 PM No comments:

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Labels: 19th Century, 20th Century, Journalist, Men, Rock Creek Cemetery

Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Robert E. Lee - Woman Whipper

Robert E. Lee as he appeared in the 1850s. (NPS)

Posted by Allen Browne at 8:04 AM No comments:

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Labels: 19th Century, Confederate, Men, Robert E. Lee, Slavery, U. S. Civil War

Sunday, June 29, 2025

Joseph Abel Haskin

Posted by Allen Browne at 12:07 PM No comments:

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Labels: 19th Century, Arlington National Cemetery, Fort Stevens, Men, Mexican War, Military, U. S. Civil War

Monday, May 26, 2025

Luther C. Ladd

Seventeen year old Luther Ladd was killed in the Pratt Street Riot in Baltimore on April 19, 1861 and is said to be the first soldier killed in the American Civil War.

Posted by Allen Browne at 11:05 PM No comments:

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Labels: 19th Century, First Blood, Men, Military, U. S. Civil War

Friday, February 7, 2025

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln by Tom Fleming, 1908

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Labels: 19th Century, Abraham Lincoln, Alexander Gardner, Jesus, Tom Fleming, U.S. Presidents

Sunday, December 17, 2023

William Worth Belknap

Posted by Allen Browne at 7:02 PM No comments:

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Labels: 19th Century, Arlington National Cemetery, Impeachment, Men, Politicians, Secretary of War, U. S. Civil War

Monday, February 20, 2023

William Still

Posted by Allen Browne at 8:54 AM No comments:

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Labels: 19th Century, African Americans, Underground Railroad

Friday, January 27, 2023

Taza

Posted by Allen Browne at 7:14 AM No comments:

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Labels: 19th Century, Congressional Cemetery, Native Americans

Location: 1801 E St SE, Washington, DC 20003, USA

Saturday, December 31, 2022

James Ryder Randall

Posted by Allen Browne at 8:20 PM No comments:

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Labels: 19th Century, Confederate, Literature, Song Writer, U. S. Civil War

Monday, November 21, 2022

Johnny Appleseed

Posted by Allen Browne at 5:20 PM No comments:

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Labels: 18th Century, 19th Century, Business, Charles Child, Frontiersmen, Men

Wednesday, October 5, 2022

Daniel Drew

Posted by Allen Browne at 10:02 AM No comments:

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Labels: 19th Century, Business, Caricature, Charles Child, Men

Monday, September 12, 2022

Blanche Kelso Bruce

Posted by Allen Browne at 9:52 AM No comments:

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Labels: 19th Century, African Americans, Politicians, Reconstruction

Saturday, August 27, 2022

Septimus Winner

Posted by Allen Browne at 11:21 AM No comments:

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Labels: 19th Century, Musician, Song Writer, U. S. Civil War

Tuesday, July 5, 2022

Samuel C. Upham

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Labels: 19th Century, Business, Men, Song Writer

Monday, June 20, 2022

Theodore O'Hara

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Labels: 19th Century, Literature, Men, Mexican War, Military, Song Writer, U. S. Civil War

Sunday, June 5, 2022

A New York Cavalryman

Posted by Allen Browne at 12:00 AM No comments:

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Labels: 19th Century, Battleground Cemetery, Fort Stevens, Men, Military, U. S. Civil War

Location: 6625 Georgia Avenue, NW, Washington, DC

Monday, May 16, 2022

Winfield Scott Hancock

Posted by Allen Browne at 12:00 AM No comments:

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Labels: 19th Century, Men, Military, U. S. Civil War

Location: Pennsylvania Ave NW & 7th St NW, Washington, DC 20004, USA

Friday, May 13, 2022

Enoch Louis Lowe

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Labels: 19th Century, Confederate, Men, Politicians, U. S. Civil War

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