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Unidentified soldier, standing 3/4 length portrait wearing forage hat

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.1216 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite 10.2 x 6.3 cm Order a Copy

Photographers imprint on verso: "Gilbert Brothers, Photographers, Over Hall's Store, Akron, O. Copies of this can be had at any time." Cancelled green three-cent tax stamp on verso.

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