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Officers of the 1st Unattached Co. Mass. Heavy Art. (afterwards Co. A, 1st Batt.)

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0367 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph 35.4 x 39.4 cm Order a Copy

Title taken from inscription on recto. Identified as: Lt. C.E. Niebuhr, Lt. F.E. Boyd, Capt. Stephen Cabot, Lt. C.F. Livermore and Lt. E.W. Hayes.

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