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Addis, R.W. (fl. 1864) [Captain Elisha H. Tobey]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05528.06 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 ; 10.2 x 6.4 cm. Order a Copy

Vignette bust portrait with beard and mustache. Name inscribed on recto.

Tobey enlisted as a Private on 28 July 1862 at the age of 36 in Company A, 10th Heavy Artillery Regiment New York on 12 August 1862.

Addis, Robert W., fl. 1874
Tobey, Elisha H., fl. 1826-1865

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