Colonel George W. Bradley Collection of Civil War Photographs 1864-1865, undated

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Colonel George W. Bradley Collection of Civil War Photographs 1864-1865, undated

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The Colonel George W. Bradley Collection of Civil War Photographs holds forty-nine albumen photographs that document military installations in Virginia. Photographs primarily depict the Army of the Potomac supply depot at City Point and the nearby Army of the James hospital at Point of Rocks, though the collection contains other military scenes in Virginia.

1.5 Linear feet; (1 box)

New-York Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6330515

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