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Pattee, John.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04506.34 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph signed Date: [1861-1865] Pagination: carte de visite, : White mount. Height: 10 cm, Width: 6 cm Order a Copy

Verso contains ink signature of Pattee: "John Pattee, Lieut. Col, 7th Iowa Cav.," and pencil inscription in another hand: "Age 43, Iowa City, Native Canada, Bvt. Brig. General." Three quarter length seated portrait in uniform. Napoleonic pose.

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