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Ambulance convoy at rest on its way to hospital at City Point, Va. [1864 ca.]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0402 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1864 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 10.8 cm, Width: 12.7 cm Order a Copy

The first few ambulances have the rear flaps closed, while the three closest to the camera have the flaps open. Later pencil inscription on verso says "July 1863" but the bare trees and donned great coats indicates probably a winter scene. Numeric notation: "XXXI 1146."

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