Portraits of America

[Major William M. Maynadier of 1st Regular Army Light Artillery Regiment and his horse]

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[Major William M. Maynadier of 1st Regular Army Light Artillery Regiment and his horse], 1862 (Library of Congress)
[Major William M. Maynadier of 1st Regular Army Light Artillery Regiment and his horse], 1862 (Library of Congress)
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1 photograph : albumen print on card mount ; sheet 8 x 11 cm, mount 12 x 15 cm (cabinet card format) | Photograph shows identified soldier.


The archive identifies this 1862 albumen print as showing Major William M. Maynadier of the 1st Regular Army Light Artillery Regiment alongside his horse. The photograph was made by Alexander Gardner.

The cabinet card format photograph is held by the Library of Congress. Beyond what the archive record states about Maynadier's rank, unit, and the year the photograph was taken, nothing further is documented about the subject or the circumstances of this portrait.

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