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English: Full-length portrait of a man in uniform, sitting with a sword. "Christian Hoffmeister 1st Lt Co K. 2 Infty Mo Vols Gift of Mrs. Elizabeth Grafe July 1929." (written on reverse side of image). Lt. Hoffmeister was a member of companies C, B, and K of the 2nd Missouri Volunteer Infantry, US (Hewitt 1998: 372). His regiment fought at Pea Ridge, Perryville, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Stone's River, Missionary Ridge, and the Atlanta campaign (The Union Army vol. IV, 1998: 257).
Title: Christian Hoffmeister, Lieutenant, 2nd Missouri Volunteer Infantry (Union).
Date between 1861 and 1865
date QS:P,+1861-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1861-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1865-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source Missouri History Museum
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Christian Hoffmeister
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