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Unidentified soldier rank obscured, standing full-length portrait, unmounted

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.1150 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 9.8 cm, Width: 6 cm Order a Copy

Subject is wearing forage hat, leaning on a column with his right hand on his stomach.

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