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John G. Foster. Library of Congress description: "Gen. J. G. Foster"

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Brady-Handy Photograph Collection. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpbh.00905. CALL NUMBER: LC-BH82- 3081

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between 1855 and 1865

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Name	Brady, Mathew
Date of birth/death	ca. 1823	15 January or 16 January 1896
Location of birth/death	Warren County, New York	New York City
Work period	1844 - ca. 1887
Work location	New York City and Washington, D.C.

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English: John Gray Foster ( May 27, 1823 – September 2, 1874) was a career military officer in the United States Army and a Union general during the American Civil War whose most distinguished services where in North and South Carolina. A postbellum expert in underwater demolition, he wrote the definitive treatise on the subject.

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