Tintype of a bearded Union corporal
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05131.05 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1861-1862 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 12.6 cm, Width: 10.2 cm Order a Copy
Half-length seated portrait of Union corporal with beard. Soldier's cheeks have been colored and his chevrons have been painted red, possibly indicating artillery service. CASE: Union case with acanthus design. (See Clifford & Michele Krainik, Union Cases, #66.) Case thickness 2.9 cm.
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