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Gardner Mechanicsville Photo

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Gardner Mechanicsville Photo
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Albumen photo No. 95 from Alexander Gardner's 1866 ''Photographic Sketch Book of the Civil War'' entitled ''Mechanicsville, Virginia.'' With accompanying text from the book, describing the town's unlikely importance (''...a collection of about a dozen ordinary Virginia houses...'') and ''that sanguinary storm of battle which, lasting seven days, was begun at this village...'' 9'' x 7'' photo is affixed to the 16.5'' x 12.5'' book page; text is on separate book page. Moisture rings to margin, not affecting photo. Light soiling, else near fine.