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Wilderness # 29. The entrenchments in field

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0433 Author/Creator: Place Written: Wilderness, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: Pagination: 1 photograph 14.3 x 10 cm Order a Copy

Inscription on verso: "The entrenchments in field at junction of Brock and Piney Branch Roads. " Image of a field with a road on the left of the image. A fence is barely visible on the far left of the image. Numeric notation: "83." Stamp of the Century Co. on verso.

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