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Barr & Young (photographer) [Carte-de-visite of Jasper Maltby]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09347 Author/Creator: Barr & Young (photographer) Place Written: Vicksburg, Mississippi Type: Photograph signed Date: 1863 Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 10.1 cm, Width: 6.2 cm Order a Copy

Signed as Brig Genl / U.S.V. CDV, Barr & Young, Vicksburg imprint. After the fall of Vicksburg, on July 4, 1863, Maltby's 45th Illinois earned the honor of hoisting their colors over the city.

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