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April 1865. "Petersburg, Virginia. Federal soldiers removing artillery from Confederate fortifications." Wet plate glass negative. View full size.
Where are the form-fitting polyester trousers with the gold stripe down the side? Like the ones that John Wayne always wore.
Where are all the fat 55-year-old guys?
You know, like all the reenactors I see at Gettysburg every July.
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