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Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 Scouts and guides of the Army of the Potomac, Brandy Station, VA. March 1864.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0121 Author/Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 Place Written: Brandy Station, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: March 1864 Pagination: 1 albumen print Height: 24.7 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

A print of a photograph of a large group including two black contraband wearing white aprons in the center-left of the image and a third young black contraband squatting on the far right. Some of the soldiers wear cavalry jackets. Others in the group appear to be civilians because of their dress. Behind a field of crops is a brick house. Number "102" scratched in the negative three times. A nearly identical image except with the young black boy standing with the others in the second row can be seen in .0372.
See GLC 5111.01.0372

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