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Summary

Stereograph showing African American troops making coffee while sitting in front of a bombproof shelter near Petersburg, Virginia.

No. 804.

Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865.

Attributed to Timothy H. O'Sullivan based on LC-B811-804.

Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Original negative is: LC-B811-804.

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01/01/1864
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O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882, photographer
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No known restrictions on publication.

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