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Carte de visite of Ulysses S. Grant and two staff members

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00559.01 Author/Creator: Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: 1864 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 10.2 cm, Width: 6.1 cm Order a Copy

Possibly Wilderness campaign? Grant, seated with map on his lap, with two staff members, one of them seated.

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

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