On verso: "Very fine and excessively scarce. Gives portraits in front rows of President Johnson, Sectys. Stanton and Welles and Gens. Grant and Sherman and others that I can't make out."]]>
On verso: "Grant's first camp when commanding the Twenty-first Illinois Inft, at New Salem in May 1861. The only regiment that left Springfield on foot, being short of transportation. The peculiar shaped tree shown in the picture is where Grant, his son, and the owner of the farm sat while discussing the issue of the war."]]>
On verso: "Unveiling tablet Grant memorial. July 1, 1927 near Riddle Hill, by Springfield Chapter DAR. Tree on which General Grant wrote his first military orders."]]>
On verso: "This is one of General Grant's favorite horses; the photograph was taken at City Point, Va., in March, 1865."]]>
On verso: "Drexel Cottage, Mt. McGregor N.Y. Where General Grant died on July 23rd 1885. He used to sit on the porch while writing his memoirs. This picture was taken after his death as you will gather by the presence of the soldier guards. Presented to Mark Van S. Douglas (by) daughter (Justine Prindle) of Dr. John H. Douglas, physician to General Grant during his last illness."]]>
On verso: "General Grant's Famous Log Cabin. Built in 1854 of logs hewn-by General Ulysses S. Grant, the corner prominent in this picture having been joined and fitted by him in person. This cabin was originally located on the Dent farm, situated in St. Louis County, about ten miles southwest of the city of St. Louis, but has been moved and is being preserved by the owner at Old Orchard Park, within one mile of St. Louis, on the St. Louis & San Francisco Railway. This cabin was the home of Gen. Grant and his family for several years."]]>
An unidentified gentleman wearing a hat is pictured on the verso, and the writing at the bottom reads, "'What I know about Politics.' Joseph B. Purdy, Campaign Goods of Every Description!"]]>