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Smith, William Morris, fl. 1865 Washington, District of Columbia (vicinity). Officers of 5th U.S. Cavalry

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0175 Author/Creator: Smith, William Morris, fl. 1865 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: June 1865 Pagination: 1 albumen print Height: 22.3 cm, Width: 16.9 cm Order a Copy

A print of a photograph of five officers of the Fifth Calvary regiment seated in front of an open tent. A civilian man in stove pipe hat sits behind the officers, just inside the tent. Published in Photographic History of the Civil War II: 223 (Second section of book).

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