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Unknown Officers and enlisted men of an unidentified regiment [possibly, Pennsylvanians]. [1862-1865 ca.]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0360 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: [s.l.] Type: Photograph Date: 1862-1865 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph 20.2 x 24.6 cm Order a Copy

Approximately 38 Federal soldiers including three line officers posed in a field with unfurled standard colors [U.S.flag].

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