Grant, Ulysses S., Eighteenth President, as Lieutenant General, United States Army

Signature ("U. S. Grant, Lt. Gen. U. S .A.") written at the bottom of a carte-de-visite size albumen portrait print (4 x 2  1/2  in.; 102 x 64 mm) mounted on card with no imprint; minimal spotting, some rubbing to edges of mount.

Signature ("U. S. Grant, Lt. Gen. U. S .A.") written at the bottom of a cate-de-visite size albumen portrait print (4 x 2 1/2 in.; 102 x 64 mm) mounted on card with no imprint; minimal spotting, some rubbing to edges of mount.
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This portrait of Grant was probably made shortly after he had received his third star on 9 March 1864.