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![The war in Virginia - contrabands coming in to the Union camp [Blacks in wagon and walking]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjQvMDEvMDEvdGhlLXdhci1pbi12aXJnaW5pYS1jb250cmFiYW5kcy1jb21pbmctaW4tdG8tdGhlLXVuaW9uLWNhbXAtYmxhY2tzLWluLXdhZ29uLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/320/224/jpg "The war in Virginia - contrabands coming in to the Union camp [Blacks in wagon and walking]")
![[Union soldiers and band marching through a city street on their way to join the Civil War]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDUvdW5pb24tc29sZGllcnMtYW5kLWJhbmQtbWFyY2hpbmctdGhyb3VnaC1hLWNpdHktc3RyZWV0LW9uLXRoZWlyLXdheS10by1qb2luLTc1YTEyNS02NDAuanBn/40/21/webp "[Union soldiers and band marching through a city street on their way to join the Civil War]")
![[Union soldiers exchanging salutations with the Confederates at Fredericksburg, Virginia]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDcvdW5pb24tc29sZGllcnMtZXhjaGFuZ2luZy1zYWx1dGF0aW9ucy13aXRoLXRoZS1jb25mZWRlcmF0ZXMtYXQtZnJlZGVyaWNrc2J1cmctYmQ0Mjk0LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "[Union soldiers exchanging salutations with the Confederates at Fredericksburg, Virginia]")
![[Rappahannock River, Virginia Fugitive African Americans fording the Rappahannock]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjIvMDEvMDEvcmFwcGFoYW5ub2NrLXJpdmVyLXZhLWZ1Z2l0aXZlLWFmcmljYW4tYW1lcmljYW5zLWZvcmRpbmctdGhlLXJhcHBhaGFubm9jay0xLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/34/webp "[Rappahannock River, Virginia Fugitive African Americans fording the Rappahannock]")
![[Civil War envelope showing Union soldier with flag and sword trampling the Confederate flag]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDEvY2l2aWwtd2FyLWVudmVsb3BlLXNob3dpbmctdW5pb24tc29sZGllci13aXRoLWZsYWctYW5kLXN3b3JkLXRyYW1wbGluZy10aGUtNzUxOTQwLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/23/webp "[Civil War envelope showing Union soldier with flag and sword trampling the Confederate flag]")
![[Union soldiers in front of tents, probably at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjEvMDEvMDEvdW5pb24tc29sZGllcnMtaW4tZnJvbnQtb2YtdGVudHMtcHJvYmFibHktYXQtY2FtcC1ncmlmZmluLWxhbmdsZXktdmlyZ2luaWEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "[Union soldiers in front of tents, probably at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia]")
