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Nelson B. Bartram

1832–1886

United States

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Nelson B. Bartram (January 7, 1832 - December 25, 1886) was a teacher, official, and colonel in the U.S. Army who commanded United States Colored Troops during the American Civil War. The Library of Congress has a glass negative photograph of him.

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