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Daniel M. Frost, as brigadier general CSA, standing full-length portrait with forage cap

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0893 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 8.7 cm, Width: 6.2 cm Order a Copy

Frost eventually served as brigadier general in Confederate Army. Graphite inscription on verso "Conf. Daniel M. Frost Mo. Led a brigage [sic] under Price."

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