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Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 [Group portrait of General John Grubb Parke and 4 Union officers]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0469 Author/Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: circa 1863 Pagination: 1 albumen : b&w Height: 52.7 cm, Width: 33.8 cm Order a Copy

Union General John Grubb Parke is seated in the center and is surrounded by 4 Union officers. Parke assumed command of the Union Army's IX Corps in 1863. On the far right sits Charles Greely Loring, Sr., who served as the inspector general of the IX Corps. Each officer's surname has been penciled in beneath his image. The name furthest left has been almost completely rubbed away.

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
Parke, John Grubb, 1827-1900
Loring, Charles Greely, fl. 1863

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