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Adams, William Wirt, 1819-1888 [William Wirt Adams]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05888.02 Author/Creator: Adams, William Wirt, 1819-1888 Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1863 ca. Pagination: 1 salt print Height: 24 cm, Width: 18 cm Order a Copy

Full length standing portrait of William Wirt Adams, a Confederate Brigadier General. On a later mount with signature scratched off front lower left corner.

Adams, William Wirt, 1819-1888

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