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"Inside of Armward."

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05173.04 Author/Creator: Place Written: Annapolis, Maryland Type: Photograph Date: 1870 ca. Pagination: 1 Albumen Order a Copy

Weapons room. Artillery guns in the center of the room. Rifles, gunbelts, and pouches hang on the walls. Sabers suspended from the ceiling, arranged like ceiling fans. The number "122" appears on the pouches. Signs on the wall read "Company H."

Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Annapolis
US Naval Academy
Education
Navy
Military History
Artillery
Military Supplies
Ammunition
Weaponry
Reconstruction

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