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Photograph

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Theodore B. Gates 80th N.Y. Inf.

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Unknown

Date Created

1860-1870

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A full-body glass plate negative of Union Lieutenant Colonel Theodore B. Gates in uniform

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Glass plate negative of general in uniform

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Glass plate negative

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Library of Congress

Library of Congress

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Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Burr Gates
(1825 - 1911)
Home State: New York
Command Billet: Commanding Regiment
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 80th New York Infantry (20th Militia)
On the Campaign-He commanded the regiment in Maryland as senior officer present; leading them in action at Turner's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September 1862 and at Antietam on the 17th.

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