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Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 [Officers of the U.S. Horse Artillery Brigade posing with politician]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0118 Author/Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 Place Written: Culpeper, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: September 1863 Pagination: 1 albumen print ; 23.2 x 16.5 cm. Order a Copy

A print of a photograph of thirty officers of the U.S. Horse Artillery Brigade commanded by Capt. James M. Robertson [seated just right of center, holding hat] and a "politician" [seated center with top hat]. Four tents in the background. Inscription on verso reads: "Gardner VIII 607."
See GLC 5111.01.0116, .0117, & .0119.

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