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Porter, Peter, fl. 1755 As 1st lieutenant, vignette bust portrait

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.1108 Author/Creator: Porter, Peter, fl. 1755 Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite 10.2 x 6.2 cm Order a Copy

Thin blue border on recto. Graphite inscription on recto "Lt. Perry Porter 8th Vt." Graphite inscription on verso "2642." Modern ink inscription on verso "1st Lt. Perry Porter 8th Vt. Vols." Photographers imprint on verso: "Guy B. Davis, Successor to Photographic Artist C. Miller, Burlington Vermont." Cancelled blue two-cent tax stamp on verso.

Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Civil War
Military History
Union Forces
The American Civil War

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