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O'Sullivan, Timothy Evacuation of Aquia Creek, VA. July 1863. [Copy 2]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0261 Author/Creator: O'Sullivan, Timothy Place Written: Aquia, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: 1863/06, 1865 Pagination: 1 photograph ; 45.1 x 33 cm Order a Copy

Negative by Timothy O'Sullivan. Published in Gardner's "Photo. Sketchbook of the Civil War," with accompanying panel of text. Image of steamers at the landing with barges in foreground.
See GlC 5111.01.0261

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