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Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894 As major general, with open jacket seated facing left

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0205 Author/Creator: Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894 Place Written: New Orleans, Louisiana Type: Photograph Date: 1863/09/15 Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 9.8 cm, Width: 6.1 cm Order a Copy

Imprint on recto "Entered according to act of Congress, in the Clerk's office of the U.S.D.C., Eastern District of Louisiana, by T. Lillenthal, 15th Spetember, 1863." Graphite inscription on verso "**Book," "Banks." Photographers imprint on verso: "Theo. Lillenthal's Photographic Gallery, 102 Poydras St., N.O."

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