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Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 [Brandy Station, Va. Chief Engineer's camp; another view]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0167 Author/Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 Place Written: Brandy Station, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: February 1864 Pagination: 1 albumen print Height: 22.3 cm, Width: 15.9 cm Order a Copy

A print of a photograph of a well-made log cabin with plank roof. Four A-frame tents with stove pipe chimneys extend from the cabin, across the photograph. A post fence completes the compound. Seven men pose in various places in the photograph. Verso notations: "Atlanta" "XI" "560" Atlanta seems to be incorrect and the Library of Congress lists photograph as being Brandy Station.

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