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[Bealeton, Va. Sutler's tent at Army of the Potomac headquarters]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0254 Author/Creator: Place Written: Bealeton, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: August 1863 Pagination: 1 albumen print Height: 23.2 cm, Width: 17.2 cm Order a Copy

A print of a photograph of a sutler's tent at the Army of the Potomac headquarters. Four men, including two sergeants, stand in front opening of tent speaking to someone inside the tent. Nine additional men are posed in the rear if the tent. One of them sits in a tree. Inscription on verso: "Sutlers tent Gardner VIII 216."
Same as GLC 5111.01.0254 only without accompanying text.

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