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Soldiers outside of Barracks-type house

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0936 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 8.9 cm, Width: 6 cm Order a Copy

A partial image (only two-thirds of image is shown, with blank undeveloped section above) of a line of twenty-eight soldiers standing outside of a building which appears as if it could be used for barracks.

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