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To all who may be interested in acquiring a photo of their ancestor or for those who collect Civil War cdvs: these three quasi-military cdvs have brown ink names, all in the same hand, with 4th Ill. Inf. fake IDs. They came out of a photo auction in Nevada years ago and I wrote them up in "Military Images" magazine. I wanted to help in making collectors wary of this practice to inflate the profit of Civil War cdvs. Hope this helps.

Photo and information submitted by John Ertzgaard who passed away in 2002.


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