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William McKinley in the Civil War

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08878.2006 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Print Date: circa 1950 Pagination: 1 print : col. Order a Copy

One print of entitled William McKinley in the Civil War dated circa 1950. Features two bust portraits of William McKinley as a young man. The first is when he was 18 and enlisted the second is when he was 22 as a captioan and brevet-major.

McKinley, William, 1843-1901
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
President
Civil War
Union Forces
The Fifties

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