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Confederate battery at Howlett's house. James River

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0424 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 10.8 cm, Width: 12.7 cm Order a Copy

View of artillery piece on swivel base looking out of a fort over the water. Title from inscription on verso. Also inscribed on verso:" Same as 20. Different view XII." Numeric notation: "XII."

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