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Group portrait of eight Union generals

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.1341 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: Pagination: 1 carte de visite 6.2 x 10.3 cm Order a Copy

Image shows a group of eight Union generals, four seated, four standing. Graphite inscription on verso "Duplicate" "Standing left to right Brig. Genl. F. Vandevier W.S. Elliott L.P. Bradley E. Opdycke" "Sitting Brig Genl. S. Beatty M.G. [Major General] T.J. Wood D.S. Stanley Bvt M. Genl. N. Kimball." Photographers imprint on verso: "No. Negative.......... Morse's Gallery of the Cumberland, 25 Cedar St., opposite Commercial Hotel Nashville, Tenn."

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