Antique 1882 engraving, Thomas Eckert. Thomas Thompson Eckert (1825-1910) was an officer in the Army, Chief of the War Department Telegraph Staff from 1862Ð1866, United States Assistant Secretary of War from 1865Ð1867 and an executive at Western Union.

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SOURCE: Original steel engraving.

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Size: 4473px × 4816px
Photo credit: © Old Paper Studios / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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