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Encampment on the edge of town, Culpeper, Va. November 1863 ca.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0551 Author/Creator: Place Written: Culpeper, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: 1863/11 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 19.7 cm, Width: 24.1 cm Order a Copy

The image shows the tents of the camp at Culpeper in the distance. The town is visible behind the camp. There are fenced off fields in the foreground, the closest of which is just a line of fenceposts without rails. The rails were probably removed by the army to be used in camp fires, although there were regulations against it.

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