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Salt print 1/2 length length portrait, of John Gregg, in quasi-military uniform

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05786.08 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1862-1863 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 20 cm, Width: 15 cm Order a Copy

Gregg wears a quasi-military uniform with no distinctive marking or insigna. Ink inscription on mount: "Gregg of Texas, Cavalry." (This is John Gregg, not Max[c]y.)

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