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Wilson, J.B. [Cabinet portrait of Charles E. Vaughn]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03856.02 Author/Creator: Wilson, J.B. Place Written: Chicago, Ill. Type: Photograph Date: no date Pagination: 1 cabinet card ; 17.5 x 12 cm. Order a Copy

Postwar cabinet photograph of an elderly Vaughn in uniform. Inscription on verso reads: Co. I. 7th Reg. Vermont Vol. East Pulteny, Rullard Co. Vt.

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