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National Guard camp. Lone soldier in a field wearing harness for drum or flag

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05137.248 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1860/07 Pagination: 1 stereocard Order a Copy

A single soldier standing at attention. Handwritten on verso: "Capt. Wm. K. Mcferrier, Camp Scene, Behtlehem, Pa. 1860, National Guards" On a plain, cream colored mount.

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