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[John S. Mosby]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05711 Author/Creator: Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Photograph signed Date: 1865 January Pagination: 1 cabinet card Height: 17.8 cm, Width: 11.8 cm Order a Copy

Full length portrait wearing Colonel's uniform (3 stars) and hat. Wears a full beard. Signed on recto "Jno S. Mosby." Faded sepia tone. With catalog description item numbered 134 glued on verso. Like most reproductions of this image, Wirt's Mosby's Rangers shows the heap of clothing on the floor upon the left side, rather than the right.

Mosby, John Singleton, 1833-1916

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