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Lacey House, Falmouth, Virginia, with army wagons on right and left.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0785 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1864 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 10.2 cm, Width: 12.1 cm Order a Copy

Inscription on verso: "Lacy [sic] House [1864 Va]." A large house standing alone in the center of a field, with a horse-drawn wagon in the center of the image. Numeric notation on verso: "138."

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