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U.S. Frigate Pensacola off Alexandria, Virginia

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.1114 Author/Creator: Place Written: Alexandria, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 9.2 cm, Width: 8.9 cm Order a Copy

Two soldiers sit or lean on a piling in the foreground. Four more men are in a small craft, one of them standing with an oar. A seventh man is seated behind them. The frigate is visible in the distance. Inscription on verso: "U. S. frigate 'Pensacola,' off Alexandria, Va." Numeric notations on verso: "78" and "150." Numeric notation on recto: "78."

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