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Bishop & Campbell (photographers) Carte de visite of Ulysses S. Grant

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0403 Author/Creator: Bishop & Campbell (photographers) Place Written: Army of the Cumberland Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 9.7 cm, Width: 6.1 cm Order a Copy

A young Grant with very short hair and a short beard. As major general, half-length seated view, facing left Photographers imprint on verso: "Bishop [struck: & Campbell], Photographers, Army of the Cumberland. Sole owners of the Life Negatives of all the Cumberland Generals, Letters directed to Head-Quarters, Dept. of the Cumberland."

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Bishop & Campbell (photographers)

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