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Lot of 3 cdvs, including: a portrait of William Smith Wallace (1802-1867), the Lincoln Family physician, with no studio imprint. Dr. Wallace attended Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. After several years of practicing in his hometown, Dr. Wallace settled in Springfield, IL in 1837, where he met Mary Todd's sister Frances and married her two years later. Abraham Lincoln's third son was named William Wallace after the docter. In 1861, Dr. Wallace was appointed paymaster of volunteers with a rank of Major by President Lincoln. A portrait of Dr. Joseph K. Barnes (1817-1883), with no studio imprint. Dr. Barnes saw active service against the Seminoles and in the Mexican War before being assigned to the Surgeon General's office at the start of the Civil War. Barnes is credited with elevating the standard of the medical department, establishing the Army medical museum and the surgeon general's library. He was present at Lincoln's deathbed and attended Seward when he was shot, and was physician to Garfield during his illness. A cdv of Dr. Charles H. Crane (1825-1883), with no studio imprint. Dr. Crane, the son of Col. Ichabod Crane, went to Harvard Medical School and received his M.D. in 1847, joining the army from Massachusetts a year later. Crane was one of the doctors attending President Lincoln at his death in April 1865, and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to be Asst. Surgeon General of the Army under Surgeon General Joseph Barnes the following year. When Barnes resigned, Crane then served as Surgeon General until his death in 1883. Provenance: The Ed Steers Lincolniana & Civil War Collection Condition: Light wear to cdvs; previous owner's penciled notes on verso of each cdv.