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Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894 Headquarters of Gen. Jas. H. Van Allen, military governor, Yorktown Va. May 17. 62

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02670.06 Author/Creator: Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894 Place Written: s.l. Type: Sketch Date: circa 1862 Pagination: 1 drawing : col. Height: 8.5 cm, Width: 14 cm Order a Copy

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a house. Title written in ink at bottom. On verso is written in an unknown hand, "Sketched by John B. Bachelder."

Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

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