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Confederate Battery on James River, Virginia above Dutch Gap Canal

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.1143 Author/Creator: Place Written: Virginia Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph 9.2 x 9.8 cm Order a Copy

The image shows a cannon and a soldier standing in fortifications. (Identical to #1152.) Inscription on verso: "Confederate Battery on James River Va above Dutch Gap Canal." Numeric notations on verso: "46" and "97." Taken along the James River in Virginia.

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