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96th Pennsylvania near First Bull Run

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0974 Author/Creator: Place Written: Manassas, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 5.7 cm, Width: 8.6 cm Order a Copy

The image shows the 96th Pennsylvania forming before the First Bull Run, with a group of sibley tents in the background. Numeric notation on verso: "650" and "11."

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