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O'Sullivan, Timothy General Orlando B. Willcox and 8 staff members posed in front of tent [1863 ca.] [Copy 2]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0276 Author/Creator: O'Sullivan, Timothy Place Written: [s.l.] Type: Photograph Date: 1863 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph 24.1 x 16.5 cm Order a Copy

Wilcox sits second from the right surrounded by staff under a canopy of pine branches. A tent is behind them.

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