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Unknown Group portrait of seven Federal officers at Vicksburg, Miss. 1864 ca.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0576 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: [s.l.] Type: Photograph Date: 1864 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph 17.8 x 25.4 cm Order a Copy

Three men are seated and the other four stand behind them. The man sitting on the right is in a Napoleonic pose. A piece of paper is pasted at bottom with the inscription: "1. Lt. Kinsey Matfield. 2. Maj J. B. McC___ghy 10th Mo. 3. A. Luce Chaplain 24th Ill. 4. Lt. E H Buck Miss. 5. Lt. J. L. Maetens [?] 24th Ill. 6. A.D. McC___ghy Mo. 7. Oscar Love Co. G. 53 Ill Inft. Vicksburg Miss. 1864." Inscription on verso: "INV #75239."

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