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Whipple, J.A., fl. 1860-1861 Portrait of 2nd Lt. William Lowell Putnam, 20th Mass. Infty. [oval, salt print] by John Adams Whipple. [1861 ca.]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0307 Author/Creator: Whipple, J.A., fl. 1860-1861 Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1861 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph 29.9 x 34.9 cm Order a Copy

Ex-Charles G. Loring collection, note dates Putnam's service dates as 07/09/60 to 10/22/61, when he died from a gunshot wound at the Battle of Ball's Bluff the day before.

Putnam, W., fl. 1863
Whipple, John, 1784-1866

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