Black soldiers filling canteens

GLC05111.01.1034

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GLC#
GLC05111.01.1034-View header record
Type
Images
Date
circa 1861-1865
Title
Black soldiers filling canteens
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
1 photograph Height: 9.2 cm, Width: 9.2 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

The image shows a group of black soldiers with some on horses, others reclining on the ground and a group in line in front of a Sibley tent. Numeric notation on image: "33." Inscription on verso: "Filling their canteens." Numeric notations on verso: "257" "33" and "84."

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