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[Corps of Drums]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.45.05 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1861-1919 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26.2 cm. Order a Copy

A dozen men, presumably the corps of drums. Frederick Simonds may be in this photograph.

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