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No. 145. Battery on Extreme Right Front of Gen. Foster's Line, North Side of James River, July 10, 1864

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03588.10 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 10 July 1864 Pagination: 1 albumen : b&w ; 34x 43 cm. Order a Copy

The image shows three artillery crews standing ready at their guns inside a fort. Two limbers are visible on the right-hand side of the image.

Foster, Robert Sanford, 1834-1903

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