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At the Institute’s core is the Gilder Lehrman Collection, one of the great archives in American history. More than 85,000 items cover five hundred years of American history, from Columbus’s 1493 letter describing the New World through the end of the twentieth century.

Front view of railroad battery

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.1140 Author/Creator: Place Written: [s.l.] Type: Photograph Date: Pagination: 1 photograph 8 x 8.9 cm Order a Copy

The image shows the front of a railroad battery with five soldiers nearby. Inscription on verso: "Confederate ironclad" "Railroad battery?" and "no label." Numeric notation on verso: "33." Numeric notation on recto: "298."

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