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Dix, John Adams (1798-1879) As major general, standing in dress uniform, holding sword

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0336 Author/Creator: Dix, John Adams (1798-1879) Place Written: New York Type: Photograph Date: 1862 ca. Pagination: 1 carte de visite 10 x 6.1 cm Order a Copy

Graphite inscription on recto "Gen Dix." Imprint on recto "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1862, by M.B. Brady, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the U.S. for the So. District of New York." Inscription on image "Brady NY." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E. Anthony 501 Broadway, N.Y. Manufacturer of Photographic Albums from Photographic Negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery."

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