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Fortifications near Yorktown, Va. [split stereocard]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.1175 Author/Creator: Place Written: Yorktown, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 9.2 cm, Width: 8.9 cm Order a Copy

Image is of a moustachioed officer leaning upon his sword, surveying the fortifications which surround him. Graphite inscription on verso: "Fortifications near Yorktown." Numeric notation on verso: "502." Written near Yorktown, Virginia

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