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Gardner, Alexander (1821-1882) Cedar Mountain battlefield, Bull Run

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.1036 Author/Creator: Gardner, Alexander (1821-1882) Place Written: Cedar Mountain, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: August 1862 Pagination: 1 photograph 9.5 x 9.8 cm Order a Copy

The image shows a group of black soldiers reclining and standing amongst the trees on the edge of a battlefield. Numeric notation on image: "504." Inscriptions on verso: "Cedar Mountain Battlefield West View Aug. 62" and "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "504" and "91."

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