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Washington, District of Columbia. Group of officers of Signal Corps. Camp of Instruction

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0171 Author/Creator: Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Photograph Date: August 1865 Pagination: 1 albumen print ; 23.2 x 18.2 cm. Order a Copy

A print of a photograph of nine officers and four civilians posing around a flag pole at the Signal Corps camp near Washington D.C. The ring of white stones marks off a mound upon which both the pole and the men stand. Verso notations: "XXXV" "266"

Title and information from Library of Congress, see https://www.loc.gov/item/cwp2003006469/PP/.

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