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Unidentified union soldier rank obscured, standing full-length portrait

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.1182 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 9.4 cm, Width: 6.1 cm Order a Copy

Subject is wearing overcoat and infantry forage cap. Graphite inscription on verso ".10." Ink inscription on verso "EMF." Photographers imprint on verso: "Kellogg Brothers Photographers 275 & 281 Main St. Hartford, Conn."

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