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Rear view of Frame House in Fair Oaks, Virginia

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0879 Author/Creator: Place Written: Fair Oaks, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: Pagination: 1 photograph 10.2 x 11.4 cm Order a Copy

View of the frame house used as a headquarters at Fair Oaks, as seen from the camp of the soldiers. Several soldiers are seen outside their tents, while many more are leaning up against the frame house in the background. Inscription on verso: "Old Frame House Fair Oaks." Numeric notation on verso: "69."

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