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O'Sullivan, Timothy Head-Quarters Army of the Potomac, Brandy Station, Va. [February 1864 ca.]. [Copy 1]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0272 Author/Creator: O'Sullivan, Timothy Place Written: Brandy Station, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: 1864/02, ca. 1866 Pagination: 1 photograph ; 43.8 x 33 cm Order a Copy

Zouaves from the 114th Penn. standing in front of wall of brush with winter quarters and tents in background. The men wear their dress uniforms which include turbouns. From Gardner's "Photographic Sketchbook of the Civil War," plate "No. 60" with accompanying panel of text.
See GLC 5111.01.0273, .0511

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