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File Details: AHFFm, 500 DPI, TIFF, Original Negative, 5.3 Mb

Image ID: AHFF

Credit:

unknown photographer

Date:

1861.05

Negative Size:

3.5 in. x 6 in. stereo

Equipment:

bayonet; folding stool; knapsack; long gun; wall tent

Locations & Lines:

Camp Cameron (Washington DC); District of Columbia; Washington DC

Military Units:

8th New York State Militia; US Army

Sources:

National Archives

National Archives says: Soldiers at tent.

8th New York State Militia.

The original negative is badly damaged, but it appears that standing next to the seated soldier is a young African-american boy in full 8th Militia uniform.

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