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![[Unidentified German soldiers in uniform with cannon]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTYvMDEvMDEvdW5pZGVudGlmaWVkLWdlcm1hbi1zb2xkaWVycy1pbi11bmlmb3JtLXdpdGgtY2Fubm9uLThjMDgyNy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/320/208/jpg "[Unidentified German soldiers in uniform with cannon]")
![[Never before have the fairest energies and aspirations of men flung so recklessly and incessantly into an abyss whence comes no sound or answer]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTYvMDEvMDEvbmV2ZXItYmVmb3JlLWhhdmUtdGhlLWZhaXJlc3QtZW5lcmdpZXMtYW5kLWFzcGlyYXRpb25zLW9mLW1lbi1mbHVuZy1zby1yZWNrbGVzc2x5LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[Never before have the fairest energies and aspirations of men flung so recklessly and incessantly into an abyss whence comes no sound or answer]")
![[Unidentified German soldiers in uniform with cannon]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTYvMDEvMDEvdW5pZGVudGlmaWVkLWdlcm1hbi1zb2xkaWVycy1pbi11bmlmb3JtLXdpdGgtY2Fubm9uLWNmNTVjOC02NDAuanBn/40/26/webp "[Unidentified German soldiers in uniform with cannon]")
![[Ten unidentified artillery soldiers in Union uniforms with cannon]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDYvdGVuLXVuaWRlbnRpZmllZC1hcnRpbGxlcnktc29sZGllcnMtaW4tdW5pb24tdW5pZm9ybXMtd2l0aC1jYW5ub24tMWU1NDA3LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/33/webp "[Ten unidentified artillery soldiers in Union uniforms with cannon]")
![[Unidentified artillery soldier in Confederate uniform]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTgvdW5pZGVudGlmaWVkLWFydGlsbGVyeS1zb2xkaWVyLWluLWNvbmZlZGVyYXRlLXVuaWZvcm0tN2U4M2ZmLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/45/webp "[Unidentified artillery soldier in Confederate uniform]")
![[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with musket]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjEvdW5pZGVudGlmaWVkLXNvbGRpZXItaW4tdW5pb24tdW5pZm9ybS13aXRoLW11c2tldC02ZWVhNDctNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/46/webp "[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with musket]")
![[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with musket]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjMvdW5pZGVudGlmaWVkLXNvbGRpZXItaW4tdW5pb24tdW5pZm9ybS13aXRoLW11c2tldC1mNGRkNDctNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/45/webp "[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with musket]")
![[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform with revolver]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTUvdW5pZGVudGlmaWVkLXNvbGRpZXItaW4tY29uZmVkZXJhdGUtdW5pZm9ybS13aXRoLXJldm9sdmVyLTA1NDE3ZS02NDAuanBn/40/47/webp "[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform with revolver]")
