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Gardner, Alexander (1821-1882) [Warrenton, Va. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside and staff; another view]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0120 Author/Creator: Gardner, Alexander (1821-1882) Place Written: Warrenton, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: November 1862 Pagination: 1 albumen print ; 28.9 x 24 cm. Order a Copy

A print of a photograph of a group of Union army officers posing in front of a tent. The man seated to the right of Maj. Gen. Burnside [center, holding paper] wears civilian garb and may be a news correspondent. A zouave soldier stands on the far right. Inscription on verso: "Burnside & Staff. 382 VI."

Title taken from Library of Congress copy, available at https://www.loc.gov/item/cwp2003000158/PP/

Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881

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