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Portrait of Robert Anderson

Portrait of Robert E. Lee Robert E Lee (1807-1870) in civilian dress in 1850 or 1851, and depicts Lee in the uniform of a USMA professor. .Portrait is attributed to A. Louvrie, c.1870. The painting is based on a photograph by Mathew Brady. Lee was…

Letter pertaining to transportation receipts and descriptions of torpedoes sent to West Point.

Oil on Canvas

Portrait of USMA Superintendent P. G. T. Beauregard

This revolver was used by First Lieutenant George Augustus Woodruff (USMA June, 1861) when he was mortally wounded on July 3, 1863 at the height of Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg

This keg torpedo was set off by contact. Although this
example was captured in Light House Inlet, near
Morris Island in August 1863, this type was also used
as land mines in front of Battery Wagner

Gift of Lieutenant Commander George Bacon,…

First Medal of Honor, Awarded to Private Jacob Parrott on March 25, 1863 by President Abraham Lincoln

Portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Hamilton Bowman (USMA 1825; Superintendent, USMA, March 1, 1861 - July 8, 1864)

Portrait of USMA Superintendent Brigadier General George W. Cullum