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Gardner, Alexander (1821-1882) [Culpeper, Va. Officers of the U.S. Horse Artillery Brigade commanded by Capt. James M. Robertson]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0116 Author/Creator: Gardner, Alexander (1821-1882) Place Written: Culpeper, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: September 1863 Pagination: 1 albumen print ; 24.8 x 18.6 cm. Order a Copy

A print of a photograph of the twenty-one officers of the U.S. Horse Artillery Brigade commanded by Capt. James M. Robertson [seated at center, holding sword]. One officer holds a small guitar and another holds a banjo. A black servant is pouring drinks from a small keg. Three tents in the background. Gardner-Ordway Collection. "VIII" "83." See GLC 5111.01.0117, .0118, & .0119.

Title taken from Library of Congress website, see https://www.loc.gov/item/cwp2003000230/PP/.

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