Portraits of America

[Portrait of a Federal soldier]

1860·Source: loc·View original ↗·Public Domain
[Portrait of a Federal soldier], 1860 (Library of Congress)
[Portrait of a Federal soldier], 1860 (Library of Congress)
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1 photographic print.


The Library of Congress holds this photographic print showing a Federal soldier in portrait. The record dates the image to 1860, which would place it in the year before the American Civil War began.

No further information about the soldier's identity, rank, unit, or the circumstances of the photograph has been recorded. The photographer is not documented.

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