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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03131.07.11 Author/Creator: Place Written: Reading, Pa. Type: Photograph Date: 1863, 1922 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 17.3 cm. Order a Copy

Inscribed on verso: Chas. McCarty, David [illegible] (Sgt.), Bealer Julius (Harry's Father), Horace Jones, Henry Hielly - 2nd ft. Co. D. Co. D. 34th Penna. [illegible] Militia - June 30, 1863, at Reading, Pa. Capt J.C. Stout in foreground, hand in coat.

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