A Chinese-born soldier who fought in the American Civil War with the Union Army. He was in the 14th Connecticut Infantry Regiment and reached the rank of corporal (1862)

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John "Johnny" Clem- The Youngest NCO in U.S. Army history who became Sergeant at the age of 12 during the Civil War.

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Disguised as a man (left), Frances Clayton served many months in Missouri artillery and cavalry units in the US Civil War. Around 1864 (By courtesy of the Trustees of the Boston Public Library)

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Mugshots of Victorian Era Child Criminals, 1870s

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Mugshots of Victorian Era Child Criminals, 1870s

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Mugshots of Victorian Era Child Criminals, 1870s

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Civil war veteran poses with his grandchildren, circa 1880. Cabinet card

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Portrait of Cathy Williams, nicknamed "Buffalo Soldier", 1862. She pretended to be a man to fight for "the North" in the American Civil War

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"Yo, America, whaddup?" My great-grandfather Pieter Schaeffer after immigrating to the U.S. from Maastricht, The Netherlands, ca. 1860s

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Mugshots of Victorian Era Child Criminals, 1870s

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My Grandfather in His WW1 Uniform

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Mugshots of Victorian Era Child Criminals, 1870s

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African american union soldier poses with wife and daughters, circa (1863)