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The right of the Confederate position in the meadow showing woods [Malvern Hill] [1862-1865 ca.]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0327 Author/Creator: Place Written: Malvern Hill, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: 1862-1865 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 35.6 cm, Width: 27.9 cm Order a Copy

Full title from graphite inscription on recto: "The right of the Confederate position in the meadow, showing woods from which the emerged upon Crew's Field." Notations on recto indicate Confederate artillery position. On bluish-gray mount.

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