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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03565.02 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1877 Pagination: carte de visite, : White mount with gold border. Height: 10.1 cm, Width: 6.1 cm Order a Copy

Bust portraits of five Union generals: Grant (in center), Sherman (upper right), ? (lower right), ? (lower left, ? (upper left).

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