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McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885 As major general, standing 3/4 length napoleonic portrait, holding sword

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0560 Author/Creator: McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885 Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite 10.5 x 6.2 cm Order a Copy

Imprint on recto "Entered according to Act of Congress A.D. 1862 by M.B. Brady in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the U.S. for the So. District of New Yrok [sic]." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E. & H.T. Anthony 501 Broadway New York from Photographic Negative in Brady's National Portarit Gallery."

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