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Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 Headquarters Army of Potomac - Brandy Station, Va. April 1864. Quarters of Provost Marshal Department. Capt. H. P. Clinton. Capt. J. R. Coxe

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0166 Author/Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 Place Written: Brandy Station, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: April 1864 Pagination: 1 albumen print ; 22.9 x 17.4 cm. Order a Copy

A print of a photograph of two A-frame tents with brick chimneys. Five soldiers pose in between the tents. Another soldier, without a jacket, stands to the rear of the tents in the wooded area. The tents themselves have wooden doors. The chimnies have wooden barrels on top of them. Verso notations: "XI" "500"

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