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Brig. Gen. William "Extra Billy" Smith, bust portrait. [vignette] [salt print] [1863 ca.]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0599 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1863 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 21.6 cm, Width: 29.2 cm Order a Copy

Image is attached to a folded cover which has an oval cut out to display the portrait. Inscription on cover: "Brig. Gen. William Smith. CSA. 1796-1887 Gov. of Virginia 1846." Inscription below image: "Gov. Wm Smith of Va." The image has been touched up [painted] for rephotographing. From the Brady Archive.

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