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Unidentified 1st sergeant, seated 3/4 length portrait with hands in lap

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.1217 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

Photographers imprint on verso: " Fuller Gilman's Block Madison, Wis. The negative from which this picture is taken is preserved, and any number may be had." Cancelled green three-cent tax stamp on verso.

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