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Regiment fixing bayonets

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05137.223 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1861-1865 ca. Pagination: 1 stereocard Order a Copy

No identification. A line of soldiers with fixed bayonets. A flag is in the center of the photograph. The soldiers are wearing white gloves.

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