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Haas & Peale, fl. 1846-1867; Section of Captain Ashcroft's Battery

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05134.020 Author/Creator: Haas & Peale, fl. 1846-1867; Place Written: Morris Island, South Carolina Type: Photograph Date: 1863 Pagination: 1 albumen silver print Order a Copy

One albumen print entitled, "No. 20 - Section Capt. Ashcroft's Battery, 12-pounder Napoleons, in Second Parallel." Image depicts soldiers standing behind cannons. Printed by Haas & Peale.

Haas, Philip, fl. 1863
Peale, Washington, fl. 1863

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