[Vignette bust portrait of John William Hoffman in uniform]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07788 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph signed Date: 1870 ca. Pagination: 1 print : b&w ; 10 x 6.1 cm. Order a Copy
Carte de visite-sized engraving of officer in 56th Penn., the infantry unit credited with firing the first volley in the Battle of Gettysburg.
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