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Sentry at Stone Church at Centreville, Virginia

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0898 Author/Creator: Place Written: Centreville, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: Pagination: 1 photograph 9.8 x 9.8 cm Order a Copy

A guard stands sentry atop a hill, while five others on picket approach his position. In the center of the image is the Stone Church of Centreville, Virginia. Inscription on verso: '"Stone Church Centreville, Va." Numeric notation on verso: "19."

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