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Lieutenant Commander W. B. Cushing [split stereocard]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.1238 Author/Creator: Place Written: [s.l.] Type: Photograph Date: Pagination: 1 photograph 7.9 x 10.2 cm Order a Copy

Image of Lieutenant Commander W. B. Cushing standing, wearing cape and looking into the distance to his right of the camera. Numeric notation on image: "1864." Inscription on image: "Lieut. Commander W. B. Cushing, who blew up the Rebel Ram 'Albermarle.'"

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