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Perine, G.E. (engraver) Engraving of Major General John A. Dix, U.S.A.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02455.19 Author/Creator: Perine, G.E. (engraver) Place Written: s.l. Type: Print Date: 1861-1877 Pagination: 1 engraving : b&w ; 24 x 17 cm. Order a Copy

Printed below the image, "From Photograph in possession of his family. New York, G.P. Putnam. Entered according to act of Congress A.D. 1861 by G.P. Putnam, in the clerks office of the district court for the southern district of N.Y."

Dix, John Adams, 1798-1879
Perine, George Edward, 1837-1885

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