Our Collection

At the Institute’s core is the Gilder Lehrman Collection, one of the great archives in American history. More than 85,000 items cover five hundred years of American history, from Columbus’s 1493 letter describing the New World through the end of the twentieth century.

Federal entrenchments, the Wilderness - north side of Orange Plank Road

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0430 Author/Creator: Place Written: Wilderness, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: Pagination: 1 photograph 12 x 10.1 cm Order a Copy

Solider is seated in brush behind fallen tree trunks. Title from inscription on recto. Additional inscription on verso: "Duplicate." Numeric notation: [in blue] "169" and struck "101-5180" "67-3333+4" "67-33402."

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