The New Bedford Public Library offers a link to the Digital Commonwealth online image collection that focuses on the part of Bristol Co, MA that includes New Bedford, Westport, Fairhaven, and Acushnet. One of the images is that of a GAR post but there are also other group and individual photos and rotogravure images (from old newspapers) that may give you a glimpse of your soldier. Maybe he was a policeman or fireman after the war, or played for a sports team. Many of the group images name the people in them. I plan to mine it but don't wait for me - check it out yourself.
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AuthorThe author is a historian with a Ph.D. in US history and a love for genealogy and old photos. Archives
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