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Unidentified union infantry officer rank obscured, standing full-length portrait

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.1087 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 10.1 cm, Width: 6.2 cm Order a Copy

Subject is wearing a forage cap, holding his greatcoat and his cheeks have been colored red. Imprint on recto "Bradley & Rulofson, cor. Sac. and Montgomery sts." Graphite inscription on verso ".05."

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