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Van Nuys, Samuel Watson In Camp on Banks of Shenandoah near Strasburgh, Virginia

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07687.168 Author/Creator: Van Nuys, Samuel Watson Place Written: Strasburgh, Virginia Type: Autograph manuscript Date: 29 March 1862 Pagination: 1 p. ; 22.5 x 15.3 cm. Order a Copy

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