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Adgt. Degamo Jones, 1/2 length seated portrait [salt print] [cabinet card] [1861-1865 ca.]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0642 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 16.5 cm, Width: 10.8 cm Order a Copy

Jones is weaing epaulets and holds his sword in his left hand. Inscription on verso: "Adgt. Degamo Jones. 'Mich.'" From Brady Archives, mounted on cabinet card mounts just before or during early 1862.

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