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Portrait photo of unidentified soldier [cabinet card]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.1327 Author/Creator: Place Written: New York Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 16.5 cm, Width: 10.8 cm Order a Copy

A soldier is seated on a chair in apparant civilian clothes under his great coat and forage cap. He faces left, with his elbow resting atop a barrel, and his right cheek resting on his palm. A book is located atop the barrel. Inscription on recto: "The night before the battle." Inscriptions on verso: "Park Hall Tableaux." and "G.W. Pach, Photographer, 858 Broadway, New York."

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