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[General Joseph King Fenno Mansfield]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05042.02 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1861-1862 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 29 cm, Width: 20.1 cm Order a Copy

Mansfield does not appear to be wearing the uniform of Major General, a post to which he was promoted July 1862. Carte measures 8 x 5.1 cm. and is mounted on a larger page.

Mansfield, Joseph King Fenno, 1803-1862

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