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Unidentified artillery soldier, 1/2 length portrait, wearing kepi [tintype]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0505 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1864/09 Pagination: 1 tintype Height: 10 cm, Width: 6.1 cm Order a Copy

His buttons have been painted gold and the piping around his collar has been painted red (for artillery). Red 5 cent tax stamp on verso, canceled in September 1864 by Bell & Bro.

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