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Brady, Mathew B. (ca. 1823-1896) "Signal Tower, Cobb[']s Hill."

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03029.20 Author/Creator: Brady, Mathew B. (ca. 1823-1896) Place Written: [Petersburg, Virginia] Type: Photograph Date: not before 1864/06/14 Pagination: Half stereo, 10.8 x 12.3 cm. Unmounted. Order a Copy

[not before 14 June 1864, cf. The Photographic History of the Civil War, 310-311.] Image shows four soldiers, a wooden structure, and a carriage in the foreground, and the signal tower slightly behind and the right.

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Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

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