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Soldiers lined up with officers walking in front of them

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05137.244 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1861-1865 ca. Pagination: 1 stereocard Order a Copy

Soldiers lined up in the street. Two officers walk in front of the troops, perhaps reviewing them. A row of houses and stores stands behind them and people are looking out the windows. A few signs on the buildings are legible. On a plain, cream colored mount.

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