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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05135.137 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph : B&W ; 7 x 11 cm. Order a Copy

[Union encampment near castle-like structure. Bridge in foreground.]

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