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Guarding the Plunder

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05137.197 Author/Creator: Place Written: New York Type: Photograph Date: 1861-1865 ca. Pagination: 1 stereocard Order a Copy

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Several soldiers guarding some barrels and sacks, with tents in the background. Caption: "Guarding the Plunder -- A Camp Scene near Washington." Sibley tents in background. Two men sit near a pile of bags in the foreground.

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