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Confederate cavalryman seated with pistol, 1/9 plate ambrotype

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02188 Author/Creator: Place Written: Culpepper, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: 1865 ca. Pagination: 1 ambrotype 8 x 10 cm Order a Copy

The image is said to be that of a member of a cavalryman in Morgan's troop.

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