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O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882 Co. 'D', U.S. Engineers Camp in Front of Petersburg, Va. September 1864.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0256 Author/Creator: O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882 Place Written: Petersburg, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: 1864/09 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 38.7 cm, Width: 26.7 cm Order a Copy

Negative by Timothy O'Sullivan. Positive by A. Gardner. "Incidents of the War" series. A whole in the negative in the upper left corner shows in the image. Co. D, U.S. Engineers posed in four rows with canopy of pine branches and tents behind. The two men sitting on the far right exchange a piece of hardtack.

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