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Ambrotype of Sergeant William Everts II

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05131.25 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1861 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 9.3 cm, Width: 8 cm Order a Copy

Half length seated view of Everts with a slight beard, holding a sword. Descriptive tag reads: "William Everts II died in one of the first battles of the Civil War." CASE: Stamped paper on board showing a birds in a fountains and flowers. Gold edging on both he exterior and interior of the case. Top and bottom of the case are separate. Case thickness 1.9 cm.

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