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Four officers in front of a tent

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05137.221 Author/Creator: Place Written: New Bedford, Massachusetts Type: Photograph Date: 1861-1865 ca. Pagination: 1 stereocard Order a Copy

Bierstadt bothers, New Bedford, Mass. Four officers with varying uniforms outside a tent. Man on far right of photograph wears light blue pants and knee boots. The man to his left wears light blue pants and waist coat. The next man wears dark blue pants, knee boots, and sack coat. The man on the far left wear light blue pants and a sack coat.

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