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Slocum, Henry Warner, 1826-1894 As major general, vignette bust portrait

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0737 Author/Creator: Slocum, Henry Warner, 1826-1894 Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 10.2 cm, Width: 6.2 cm Order a Copy

Graphite inscription on verso "From Gen Dustin's album" "R 1920" "Maj Gen Slocum...Army Corps." Photographers imprint on verso: "Morse & Peaslee, Army Photographers, Dept. Cumberland."

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