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The might of the Republic : a collection of original autographs

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Description
Photomontage of reduced-size carte-de-visite portraits of important Union figures from the American Civil War. All the portraits are signed. Image includes military generals and officers, Abraham Lincoln and other government officials, and "A Private Soldier" under the text "The last in rank, but not in honor."
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Production date
1866.
Call number
photOV 11686
Dimensions
19 x 15 3/8 in., on mount 24 1/2 x 20 1/2 in.
Associated people
Oldroyd, Osborn H. (1842-1930,)
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