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Water Battery in gunports overlooking Yorktown

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0884 Author/Creator: Place Written: Yorktown, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 10.2 cm, Width: 11.8 cm Order a Copy

The twin masts of a ship are visible beyond the gun fortifications overlooking Yorktown. Inscription on verso: "Water Battery Yorktown." Numeric notation on verso: "45."

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