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Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss (1816-1894) As major general, with open jacket seated facing left

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0205 Author/Creator: Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss (1816-1894) Place Written: New Orleans Type: Photograph Date: 1863/09/15 Pagination: 1 carte de visite 9.8 x 6.1 cm Order a Copy

Imprint on recto "Entered according to act of Congress, in the Clerk's office of the U.S.D.C., Eastern District of Louisiana, by T. Lillenthal, 15th Spetember, 1863." Graphite inscription on verso "**Book," "Banks." Photographers imprint on verso: "Theo. Lillenthal's Photographic Gallery, 102 Poydras St., N.O."

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