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Checking a Pass, Bridge Over TN River, Chatanooga [sic].

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04749.15 Author/Creator: Place Written: Chattanooga, Tennessee Type: Photograph Date: [1863] Pagination: Full stereo, Mounted. Height: 8.2 cm, Width: 17 cm Order a Copy

Pencil inscription on verso: "Checking a Pass, Bridge Over TN River, Chatanooga [sic]." Image of two men standing on bridge; one man uniform, the other in civilian clothing.

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