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Addis, R.W., fl. 1864 [Frederick Jackson]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06444 Author/Creator: Addis, R.W., fl. 1864 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph signed Date: 1865 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite ; 10.2 x 6.2 cm. Order a Copy

Signed on mount as Lieutenant of the 1st regiment, 1st Army Corps. He was a medal of honor recipient for James Island, South Carolina and one of Abraham Lincoln's guards. Addis Gallery, Washington. P.B. Marvin, photographer.

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