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Headquarters Fifth Army Corps, Harrison's Landing, James River, Virginia
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Nine soldiers and an African American cook posed in front of tent.
Sitters identified on mount include: Major Kirkland, Col. Locke, Major Montieth, Dr. McMillan, Gen. Porter, Capt. McQuade, Col. Norton, Col. Mason, Mrs. Fairfax, Chief Cook & bottle washer.
Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
Handwritten on back of print: To Gen. Grindley with the compliments of Fitz John Porter.
Original negative held by the National Archives (111-B-2186)
The single best source for Civil War photographs is the U.S. Library of Congress, which holds the core collections of original Civil War documentary ... The majority of the ambrotypes and tintypes are portraits by unidentified photographers of Civil War soldiers, primarily Union soldiers.
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