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Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917 [Theodore J. Wright]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05076 Author/Creator: Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Photograph signed Date: 1863 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite ; 10.2 x 6.2 cm. Order a Copy

Signed on mount. Inscription on verso reads "8/10/61 enlisted. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, 7/29/63. Theo J. Wright. 72nd Pa. Vols. Helped repulse Pickett's charge."

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