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Unidentified soldier, seated full-length portrait with forage hat in lap

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.1202 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 9.8 cm, Width: 6.2 cm Order a Copy

Graphite inscription on verso "Civil War Soldier 1.50.' Ink inscription on verso "MFC." Photographers imprint on verso: "Photographed by Jos. Jeanes, No. 411 Market Street, Wilmington, Del."

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