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[photograph of Archibald Jerome Stemple]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.40.43 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1861-1877 Pagination: Height: 11.1 cm, Width: 7.3 cm Order a Copy

Photograph of Archibald Jerome Stemple, oldest son of Major David Stemple, Jr., by his first wife, Elizabeth Wotring. "A.J." was killed during the Civil War at the battle of Cold Harbor.

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