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Unknown [George P. Hodges's First Lieutenant bars]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02386.06 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Object Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 5 bars Order a Copy

Hodges served in the Civil War as Sergeant in Company B, 37th Mississippi Infantry Regiment. Includes five bars of gold colored thread. Bars are mounted on cardboard, apparently by paste. Housed with a tan-colored envelope measuring 6.5 x 10.5 cm.

Hodges, George P., fl. 1863-1894

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