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Portrait photo of General Fitzhugh Lee CSA [cabinet card]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.1375 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

The image shows a close-up portrait of General Fizthugh Lee. He is wearing a civilian suit, and is looking to his left of the camera. Inscription on recto: "A. Bogardus, Sherman & McHugh, Successors. 11 East 42d Street, New York." Inscription on verso: "Hon. Fitz Hugh Lee."

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