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Abraham Lincoln Union Soldier
Abraham Lincoln offers his hand to a Union Soldier
Drawing, 1865
Charles Wellington Reed, 1841-1926, Artist
Courtesy of Library of Congress
Reference Number: LC-USZ62-75182