This is a carte-de-visite of Lt. William A. Welles, who resided in Osage, Kansas. During the Civil War, he was is a member of the 12th Kansas Volunteer Infantry, Company C. He was mustered in on September 26, 1862, as a First Sergeant, promoted to First Lieutenant on October 30,1864, and resigned on May 9, 1865.
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