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Photographer: Library of Congress
Caption: Dahlgren and Zeppelin
Additional Description: In this staged photo from June, 1863, Captain Dahlgren (standing) looks over documents held by Prussian military observer Count Ferdinand Von Zeppelin, who later developed “rigid airships” for passenger travel.

The three men in front of Count Zeppelin are, left to right: Major William Ludlow, with The Art of War; Lt. Rosencranz (lying down), a Swedish observer and McClellan's Aide-de-camp; and Lt. Colonel Joseph Dickinson, Hooker's Assistant Adjutant General.
Submitted: August 14, 2017, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p394235
File Size: 1.157 Megabytes

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