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Petersburg: 1865
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 09/02/2009 - 9:24pm.
April 1865. "Petersburg, Virginia. Federal soldiers removing artillery from Confederate fortifications." Wet plate glass negative. View full size.
Uniformity
Submitted by RDown3657 on Thu, 09/03/2009 - 7:48pm.
Where are the form-fitting polyester trousers with the gold stripe down the side? Like the ones that John Wayne always wore.
Youthful Union
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Thu, 09/03/2009 - 3:04pm.
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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