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Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 [Commissioned and noncommissioned officers of Cos. C and D, 1st Massachusetts Cavalry, Petersburg, VA]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0102 Author/Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 Place Written: Petersburg, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: August 1864 Pagination: 1 albumen print ; 24.2 x 18.7 cm. Order a Copy

A print of a photograph of a group of commissioned and noncommissioned officers of the 1st Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, taken in August of 1864. The soldier standing in the second row on the far left wears a diamond emblem on the upper part of his sleeve that resembles the diamond badge that is part of a first sergeants rank [the inverted chevrons are missing, however]. Graphite inscription on verso: "Gardner XI-II 354."

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