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E.S. Leumpf

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07778.03 Author/Creator: Place Written: New Orleans, Louisiana Type: Photograph Date: 1864-1865 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 7 cm, Width: 11 cm Order a Copy

Torso of fair-haired officer.

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