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Group of unidentified soldiers posed in front of stone building

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.1347 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite 10.2 x 6.3 cm Order a Copy

Thin red border on recto. Image shows five soldiers, three standing and two seated, in front of a large stone building with arched windows. Photographers imprint on verso: "Carte de Visite, J[o]shua Appleby Williams' Room, Opposite Sissons' Saloon, Touro Street, Newport, R. I. P. O. Box, No. 507. The Negative of this picture is preserved for two years."

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