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Group portrait of soldiers and civilians in front of tent

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05137.218 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1861-1865 ca. Pagination: 1 stereocard Order a Copy

A large group of soldiers outside a tent. Two civilian men are on the left hand side of the photograph, one of them is wearing a white "lab coat." Uniform styles of the men vary.

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