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Soldier's Dream of Peace

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08442.12 Author/Creator: Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Print Date: 1864 Pagination: 1 print : col. Height: 61 cm, Width: 48.5 cm Order a Copy

Civil War print of a soldier sleeping with a image of his dream above him. A poem is written below the print describing the dream. Labeled as a "presentation plate to the patrons of the Philadelphia Enquirer, 1865."

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