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O'Sullivan, Timothy Military Telegraph Corps Wagon and Tent [stereocard]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0842 Author/Creator: O'Sullivan, Timothy Place Written: [s.l.] Type: Photograph Date: 1864/06/24 Pagination: 1 stereocard 8.6 x 17.8 cm Order a Copy

Inscription on verso: "Photographic incidents of the war. No. 786. Field Telegraph, Battery Wagon and officers tent of military telegraph corps-headquarters Army of the Po[t]omac, 24th June 1864."

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