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Bogardus, A. (Abraham), 1822-1908 [Lieutenant Franklin O. Sherman]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05528.19 Author/Creator: Bogardus, A. (Abraham), 1822-1908 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Photograph Date: circa 1864 Pagination: 1 carte de visite-de-visite : b&w ; 10.2 x 6.4 cm. Order a Copy

Standing full portrait with beard and mustache beside a flag. Holding sword and kepi hat with cross canon. Name inscribed on recto beneath photograph.

Bogardus, A. (Abraham), 1822-1908
Sherman, Franklin O., fl. 1840-1865

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