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Unknown Civil War era tintype of [Eleazer L. Sarsons]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03953.19 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 tintype ; 7.5 x 6 cm. Order a Copy

Civil War era tintype of Sarsons from waist up, in an infantry uniform with hat and rifle. GLC03953.18-.20 show Sarsons in different ranks, from private to captain.

Captain Eleazer Sarsons joined Company F, 4th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment as a private in 1861 and later served as the First Sergeant in the Company F, 4th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment.

Sarsons, Eleazer L., b. 1836

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