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Photographer: Internet Archive
Caption: William S. Harney
Additional Description: This daring and experienced soldier, whose promptness in Missouri stemmed the tide of secession, was born in Louisiana at the beginning of this century, and entered the army at a very early age, being appointed second lieutenant in the First Infantry in 1818. He continued in the service until his death, in 1889.

From Frank Leslie's Scenes and Portraits of the Civil War... by Frank Leslie. 1894.
Submitted: March 23, 2024, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p780395
File Size: 2.160 Megabytes

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