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Col. Benjamin J. Sweet

Col. James A. Mulligan

Levi D. Boone

John A. Logan

Col. John L. Hancock

  • Col. Benjamin J. Sweet
    Image | 1910 | Picture ChicagoPension Agent after the War) By Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society". Photograph is undated, but appears to be from the 1860s.
  • Col. James A. Mulligan
    Image | 1910 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "Col. James A. Mulligan (Commander of "The Irish Brigade") By Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society". Image appears to be an enhanced photograph.
  • Levi D. Boone
    Image | 1910 | Picture ChicagoFrom text: "Other notables of the "Old Guard" who arrived in the thirties, and were for the most part in hale and hearty middle life, were … Levi D. Boone (a stalwart Know-nothing)…" Levi D. Boone (1808-1882) was a doctor, captain in the Black Hawk War, and mayor of Chicago (1855-1856). (Source: Encyclopedia of Chicago.) Image is undated but appears to be from the 1860s.
  • John A. Logan
    Image | 1910 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "Black Jack "Logan (Major-General and Congressman-at-Large)"
  • Col. John L. Hancock
    Image | 1910 | Picture Chicago
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