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Company H, 114th Pennsylvania Infantry Zouaves, Petersburg, Va. [August 1864 ca.]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0569 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1864/08 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 17.2 cm, Width: 22.9 cm Order a Copy

The Zouaves form two rows, one standing and the other sitting or kneeling. Two officers sit on either side in the first row on tree stumps. The man seated in the first line at the far left has a drum between his knees. There is a tent on the left side of the image, and a canopy of tree libms bin the background. Inscription on verso: "Ordway Gardner Coll."

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