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Addis, R.W. (fl. 1864) [Major Charles C. Abell]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05528.03 Author/Creator: Addis, R.W. (fl. 1864) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1864 Pagination: 1 carte de visite-de-visite : b&w ; 10.4 x 6.4 cm. Order a Copy

Vignette bust portrait with very full beard and mustache. Name inscribed on recto under photograph. Identifying inscription on verso.

Abell was transferred to Company S, 10th Heavy Artillery Regiment New York on 19 April 1865.

Addis, Robert W., fl. 1874
Abell, Charles C., fl. 1864

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