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Malvern Hill battlefield. View of hills across field. [1862-1865 ca.]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0328 Author/Creator: Place Written: Malvern Hill, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: 1862-1865 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 35.6 cm, Width: 27.9 cm Order a Copy

A building has been drawn in graphite on the mount just outside the image. On bluish-gray mount.

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