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Provost Marshal General Marsena R. Patrick and staff, Culpeper, Va. [September 1863 ca.]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0415 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1863/09 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 9.6 cm, Width: 10.7 cm Order a Copy

Inscription on verso: "Genl. Ordway Gardner Coll." Numeric notation: "285."
See GLC 5111.01.0209, .0316.

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