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O'Sullivan, Timothy Field Hospital, 1st Divison, 2nd Army Corps, Brandy Station. [Feb. 1864 ca.] [copy 2]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0508 Author/Creator: O'Sullivan, Timothy Place Written: Brandy Station, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: 1864/02 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph 19.7 x 24.1 cm Order a Copy

The image shows a camp consisting of rough cabins with tents stretched over them as roofs. The soldiers are posed in front of the structures. Note the woman standing in the midst of the soldiers on the right hand side of the image.
See GLC 5111.01.0274, .0509

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