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Soldiers near a tent, Richmond, July 1864

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05137.265 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1864/07 Pagination: 1 stereocard Order a Copy

Four officers outside a tent. Two officers in foreground in heavily decorated, ornate uniforms with helmets and plumes. A black man in the background. No identification. Handwritten on back: "At Richmond, July 1884. Dr. Jones in foreground, afterwards medical director on Govt. staff. Murdered in 1888."

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