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Convalescent Camp (winter)

Description: Convalescent camp near Alexandria, Virginia. Photograph shows the entrance to a military hospital facility known as "Camp Misery". Center building with the words Head Quarters printed above double doors where a small group of men stand. There are two types of ambulances and a family carriage in front of the building with several more men in the road. Behind this scene are rows of white barracks and men. In the foreground there are trees with very few leaves. This image similar to photCL 301 (86). Title on mount: Convalescent Camp (winter). Handwritten in upper left corner: No. 27.
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Date: 1863
Call number: photCL 301 (87)
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Camp Convalescence

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Convalescent Camp, near Alexandria, Virginia. Rows of white barracks with Union soldiers standing or sitting outside in front of buildings. The barrack on the far left has a star hanging just above the door. This image similar to photCL 301 (87). Title on mount: Camp Convalescence. Handwritten in upper left corner: No. 28.

photCL 301 (86)

Manassas

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Manassas Junction, Virginia, with telegraph station and railroad cars on auxiliary tracks. Foreground of photo shows two men leaning out of one car and there are several men standing by tracks near the station in the background. Text on railroad cars is unreadable. This image similar to photCL 301 (93). Title on mount: Manassas Handwritten in upper left corner: No. 18.

photCL 301 (28)

McHenry camp, Saw Mill Gulch, Helen & Montana RR, on the way into "Yellow Stone Park"

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McHenry camp, Saw Mill Gulch, Helen & Montana RR, on the way into "Yellow Stone Park". Photo features four white pitched tents, horse drawn wagon with man and dog and four other men, one in white apron standing with a dog.

photCL 301 (40)

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Manassas, Orange & Alexandria RR

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Manassas Junction, telegraph station, and mess house, March 1864. Photograph shows railroad cars on an auxiliary track with people standing nearby. One man is on top of the telegraph pole and there are two covered wagon with men and horses. This image similar to photCL 301 (28). Title on mount: Manassas O & A RR. Handwritten in upper left corner: No. 60.

photCL 301 (93)

Culpepper, Va

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Culpeper, Virginia, city street lined with structures. There is a white one level building on left-hand side with the word [R]ESTAURANT printed on a sign and a three story brick building on the right-hand side. Several horses are on the dirt street which runs through the city and there are people in various positions outside the buildings. A church steeple can be seen rising over the trees in the background. This image similar to photCL 301 (22). Title on mount: Culpepper, Va. Handwritten in upper left corner: No. 20.

photCL 301 (21)

Mining camp

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Photo of multiple men at a mining camp, two donkeys and a horse with them.

photCL 449 (166)

Convalescent Camp (winter)

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