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Unidentified infantry chaplain, standing 3/4 length portrait

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.1212 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite 10.0 x 6.1 cm Order a Copy

Subject has forage hat in right hand, with arms crossed in front of himself. Photographers imprint on verso: "Cartes de Visite H. J. Reed Artist Cor. Main & Front Sts. Worcester, Mass."

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