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O'Sullivan, Timothy Black troops of Ferrero's division, on the eastern front at Petersburg

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0419 Author/Creator: O'Sullivan, Timothy Place Written: Petersburg, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: Pagination: 1 photograph 10.8 x 12.7 cm Order a Copy

Inscription on verso "Bombproof quarters in Federal camp. 21 black soldiers and one white soldier posed in camp. Numeric notation: "XI - III 802."

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