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Federal Battery No. 1 in front of Yorktown, May 1862 ca.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0540 Author/Creator: Place Written: Yorktown, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: 1862/05 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph 19.7 x 26.7 cm Order a Copy

The battery well entrenched and six large Parrot rifles peek out above the fortifications. A river appears to run through the far background.

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