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Federal Fort #11, Genl. Hood's headquarters in background. [Yorktown?] [1862-1865 ca.]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0536 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1862-1865 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph 15.2 x 20.3 cm Order a Copy

Inscription on verso. "Federal Fort #11 looking north to No 10 - Hood's hdqtrs in background." Several soldiers sit behind fortifications. To the right can be seen an artillery piece and its carriage next to it. A white house can be seen in the far background. Stamp of Century company on verso. Numeric notation on verso: "8544"; "3"; and "114."

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