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A Warrior’s New Clothes
Wadsworth dons a forage cap fitted with an oilcoth rain cover and a handsome tailored overcoat in this wartime image. From such a portrait, one might think the wealthy political general was more fashion conscious than battle-ready. In action, however,
he proved doubters wrong. (Library of Congress)