Bealeton, Va. August 1863. Sutler's tent at Army of the Potomac headquarters
Description:
From "War Memories" catalog: The "dearest spot" to the soldier was the sutler's tent. The sutler's goods were so dear that it took all of a soldier's pay to keep him in condensed milk and tobacco.
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Notes:
Title from "War Memories" catalog.
Alternative title from Milhollen and Mugridge.
"War Memories" catalog number: 7216
Milhollen and Mugridge number: 213
Notes (date):
Date from Milhollen and Mugridge.
Notes (citation):
"War memories, the war for the Union 1861-1865 : catalogue of original photographic war views : photographic history of the war for the Union." Taylor & Huntington, 1890, Hartford, Conn.
Milhollen, Hirst D. and Mugridge, Donald H. "Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 : a catalog of copy negatives made from originals selected from the Mathew B. Brady Collection in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress." Library of Congress, 1961, Washington.
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