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Miles & Foster Jacob B. Edmunds, carte de visite, as captain, bust portrait

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.1137 Author/Creator: Miles & Foster Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: Pagination: 1 vignette Order a Copy

Graphite inscription on verso "Capt. Jacob B. Edmunds 148 Co. C." "Killed at Petersburg June 27. 1864." Photographers imprint on verso: "Miles & Foster, No. 730 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia."

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