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O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882 Petersburg, Virginia. Gen. Orlando B. Willcox and staff

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0275 Author/Creator: O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882 Place Written: Petersburg, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: July 6 1864 Pagination: 1 albumen print Height: 22.3 cm, Width: 17 cm Order a Copy

A print of a photograph of Union General Orlando B. Willcox and his staff. Graphite inscription on verso: "XXIV 67." Willcox sits second from the right surrounded by staff under a canopy of pine branches. There are ten men in the photograph. A tent is behind them.

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