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Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 [Group of four officers sitting outside a log cabin at Spotsylvania]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0127 Author/Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 Place Written: Spotsylvania, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 albumen print ; 23.2 x 16 cm. Order a Copy

A print of a photograph of four Union officers seated outside of a log cabin. Officer on the right is looking directly at the camera. Brick structures can be seen in the center left. Inscription on verso: "Gardner IX (or XI) 590."
See GLC 5111.01.0125, .0126

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