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Officer sitting on box of "Army Bread from the Union Mechanic Baking Company."

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0410 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 9.5 cm, Width: 10.8 cm Order a Copy

There are several stacks of boxes of army bread or "hardtack" behind the officer. Inscription on verso: Ordway - Gardner Collection." Numeric notation: "241 XXXV"

Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Civil War
Military History
Union Forces
Diet and nutrition
Military Provisions
Industry
The American Civil War

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