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Winter Quarters of the Confederate Army

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0906 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 9.8 cm, Width: 11.4 cm Order a Copy

Image of a vastly unvegetated field. Wooden fence-like construction on the foreground appears to be in need of rebuilding. People are nowhere to be seen. Inscription on verso: "Winter Quarters Confederate Army." Numeric notation on verso: "5(45)."

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