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Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894 Ravine occupied by the picket reserves, Brig. Gen. Joseph Hooker's Division. Heintzlemans Corps D'armee. At the Seige of Yorktown, April 1862.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02131.04 Author/Creator: Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Print Date: April 1862 Pagination: 1 print : b&w Height: 38 cm, Width: 51.1 cm Order a Copy

Duotone in gray and black showing an episode in the siege of Yorktown. Night scene of men in camp. Key identifies officers and regiments featured in the image. Published by John B. Bachelder in Boston, lithographed by Endicott & Co., New York. Note below the image reads "Entered according to Act of Congress AD 1862 by J. B. Bachelder in the Clerks Office of the District Court for the Southern District of N.Y."

Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

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