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Bringing in the wounded

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0997 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 8.6 cm, Width: 9.2 cm Order a Copy

The photo shows three men standing by a stretcher. Lying on the stretcher is a man who may be dead. Two horses and a building surrounded by a fence and trees are also in the image. Numeric notation on image: "343." Inscription on verso: "Bringing in the wounded" and "MES." Numeric notations on verso: "343" "726" and "163A."

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