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"Castle Murray" with tents in foreground, near Auburn, Va. [November 1863 ca.]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0567 Author/Creator: Place Written: Auburn, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: 1863/11 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 19.7 cm, Width: 24.8 cm Order a Copy

Six men sit and stand in the foreground with Castle Murray at the center of the image. Behind the men there are many tents set up and a wagon is visible among them. There is a rip in the image just to the right of the rightmost man.

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