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Unidentified union officer rank obscured, standing full-length portrait

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.1077 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite 10.2 x 6.1 cm Order a Copy

The subject is wearing an officer's hat, white gloves, and a sword on his hip. Photographers imprint on verso: "T.W. Bankes, Photographer, over the Post Office, Helena, Ark. Photographic Albums for sale."

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