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Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 Headquarters of Captain Bates of the Third Army Corps, near Brandy Station

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0970 Author/Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 Place Written: Brandy Station, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: [April 1864] Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 9.9 cm, Width: 10.8 cm Order a Copy

The image shows a group of ambulances with a photographer's wagon in front of a group of quartermaster's wagons and a large store of supplies for the Wilderness Campaign. Inscription on verso: "Ordway, Gardner Coll." Numeric notation on verso: "XI" and "137a"

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