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O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882 Rail lines at Appomattox Station, Va. [April 1865]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0279 Author/Creator: O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882 Place Written: Virginia Type: Photograph Date: April 1865 Pagination: 1 photograph ; 43.8 x 33 cm Order a Copy

From Gardner's "Photo. Sketchbook of the Civil War," with accompanying panel of text describing the events of 1865 leading up to Appomattox and Lee's surrender. Two men pose on the train tracks and a third sits on a pari of train wheels. The men are joined by two small boys. A snake-rail fence separates the tracks from a two-story wood builing standing off to the right.

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