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Camp in Monument Garden, Chattanooga, Tennessee

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.1133 Author/Creator: Place Written: Chattanooga, Tennessee Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph 8.9 x 8.3 cm Order a Copy

The image shows many men seated or standing in a clearing in front of log cabins with tent roofs. Inscription on verso: "Camp in Monument Garden, Chattanooga." Numeric notations on verso: "333" and "52."

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