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City Point

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0390 Author/Creator: Place Written: City Point, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 10.7 cm, Width: 9.2 cm Order a Copy

Title from inscription on recto. A group of men sit in front of a tent with the no sides. Ships are visible in the distance. Numeric notation in blue crayon or pencil: "152."

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