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Zouaves at Yorktown

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.1021 Author/Creator: Place Written: Yorktown, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: Pagination: 1 photograph 7.9 x 9.8 cm Order a Copy

The image shows 4 Union Zouaves around the wreckage of bombed cannon. Numeric notation on image: "249." Inscription on verso: "Confederate fortification Yorktown, Va." Numeric notation on verso: "249" "65" and "83."

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