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Small house with garden and three men.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0531 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph 20.3 x 25.4 cm Order a Copy

The image shows a fancy house and its fenced in garden. A Federal officer sits on a chair just inside the fence on the left side of the image. Another man stands just behind him on the other side of the fence.

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