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Unidentified 2nd Lieutenant, standing 1/2 length portrait, arms crossed

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0871 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite 10.5 x 5.9 cm Order a Copy

Graphite inscription on verso "**Book." Photographers imprint on label on verso: "Quinby, Photo. Duplicates of this Photograph can be had at any time. Address Quinby & Co., Photographic Artists, Charleston, S.C."

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