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Unknown Officers of the 114th Pa. Infantry at Petersburg [red mount] [August 1864]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0312 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Petersburg, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: 1864/08 Pagination: 1 photograph 27.9 x 22.9 cm Order a Copy

Title inscribed on recto. Decorative red mount. Graphite inscription on recto: "7602." Also inscribed: "summer 1864 to summer 1865"

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