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Marcellus M. Crocker, as brigadier general, vignette bust portrait

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0314 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite 9.9 x 6.1 cm Order a Copy

Graphite inscription on verso "Gen Crocker 4th Div. 17 Army Corps Army of Tenn" "9328" "Wh Cadle." Ink inscription on verso "Marcellus M. Crocker Col. 13th Iowa Inf. Brig. Gen. U. S. Vols. Died Aug. 26, 1865."

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