Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Half-plate ambrotype, Edgar County CH, Paris, Ill. with soldiers leaving for war
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04962 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Place Written: [Paris, Ill.] Type: Photograph Date: 1862/04 Pagination: 1 cased photograph 12.5 x 15.5 cm Order a Copy
The image shows a wagon and a crowd of newly recruited soldiers preparing to leave for the Civil War. Lincoln practiced law at this court house (among others). The leather-covered case measures 12.5 x 15.5 cm; the image is roughly 10.8 x 14 cm.
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