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Meade's Headquarters at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.1310 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 carte de visite Height: 6 cm, Width: 10 cm Order a Copy

Image shows two small wooden buildings surrounded by fields and trees. Two men are visible, one standing at the corner of the house, the other reclining on the ground. Graphite inscription on verso "21" "Meade's Headquarters during the Battle of Gettysburg, Pa." "1.25-."

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