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Improvised Breastworks, Cold Harbor, Va. [June 1864 ca.]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0541 Author/Creator: Place Written: Cold Harbor, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: 1864/06 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph 17.2 x 22.2 cm Order a Copy

The makeshift breastworks are comprised of a large fallen tree reinforced by numerous branches and sticks.

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