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Lieut. Col. Herman Haupt and three staff members. [1862 ca.]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0356 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1862 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 20.3 cm, Width: 26 cm Order a Copy

Assigned to work on the Military Rail Roads by the army in 1862,

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