Kihlholz, Bernhard Portrait of Col. Osterhaus. [1861-1862 ca.]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0232 Author/Creator: Kihlholz, Bernhard Place Written: St. Louis, Missouri Type: Photograph Date: 1861-1862 Pagination: 1 salt print ; 20.4 x 26.3 cm. Order a Copy
A print of an upper-body portrait of then-Colonel Peter J. Osterhaus. Taken by Bernhard Kihlholz of St. Louis, Missouri, with blind stamp. Osterhaus would become a major-general by war's end. Written on back: "Act. Brig. General Osterhaus"
Date must be between start of war when he was appointed major and June 9, 1862 when he was promoted to brigadier general.
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