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Photograph

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Colonel Andrew Cowan

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Bain News Service, publisher

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A half-body glass plate negative portrait of Union Captain
Andrew Cowan

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Half-body glass plate negative of soldier in uniform

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Glass plate negative

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Library of Congress

Library of Congress

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Captain Andrew Cowan
(1841 - 1919)
Home State: New York
Command Billet: Battery Commander
Branch of Service: Artillery
Unit: New York Light Artillery, 1st Battery
On the Campaign-He commanded the battery on the Maryland Campaign.

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