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[Ruins of house, ca. 1860 - ca. 1865]
Summary
Photograph shows a tent by the remains of a wall of a building with some men about the area.
Original negative in National Archives Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860-1985, Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, 1921-1940, Item: Ruins of house.
National Archives Record, 111-B-653.
Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
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Date
01/01/1861
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