Assistant Surgeon J.J. Sowerby of U.S. Navy in uniform in front of painted backdrop showing trees and lake J.E. McClees, artist, 910 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia

Photograph shows identified sailor, who served aboard USS Brandywine, USS Glaucus, and USS Merrimac.

Notation on verso: "Dr. Sowerby, 1862."
Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072)
Purchased from: Earl Sheck, Oxford, Maryland, December 2015.
Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress).
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