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Maj. Gen Burnside and His Staff

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05137.239 Author/Creator: Place Written: New York Type: Photograph Date: 1861-1865 ca. Pagination: 1 stereocard Order a Copy

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. Caption: "Maj. Gen. Burnside and Staff at his Headquarters in the field near Richmond, Va."

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