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Unknown Photographs of Atlanta and environs during occupation by Federal Troops

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04610.05 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: [various places] Type: Photograph Date: [1864 ca.] Pagination: 1p. ; 33 x 26 cm. Order a Copy

Unmounted photograph of of unknown men and cannons taken in Atlanta Georgia during Union occupation in the Fall of 1864.

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