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Matthew H. Thacher

Matthew H. Thacher Carte de visite

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    Carte de visite by Joshua W. Moulton, circa 1864

    9.1 cm x 5.8 cm

    From the 56th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment photographs

    Partial inscription (incorrect) on verso of photograph: "Killed May 12th, 1865". Thacher was killed 12 May 1864 in Spottsylvania, Va.

    Photo. 186.55


    Thacher served as a Color Corporal in Co. F. of the 56th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment.