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Stevens, Isaac Ingalls, 1818-1862 As major general with staff of seven

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.1342 Author/Creator: Stevens, Isaac Ingalls, 1818-1862 Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 6.3 cm, Width: 9.9 cm Order a Copy

Image shows General Steven seated in the center of seven of his staff standing around him. They are on a house porch. Imprint on recto "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by M. B. Brady, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Disctrict of Coumbia." Photographers imprint on verso: "Brady's Album Gallery. No. 163. General Stevens and Staff, Beaufort, S. C. The Photographs of this series were taken directly from nature, at considerable cost. Warning is therefore given that legal proceedings will be at one instituted against any party infringing on the copyright."

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