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Picket guard on the alert, near Lewinsville, Va

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05137.178 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1861-1865 ca. Pagination: 1 stereocard Order a Copy

No identification. Six soldiers posed as if they hear the enemy near by and are ready to be attacked. Same outdoor area as 5137.195.

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