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Rebels Outside Their Works at Yorktown, Reconnoitring [sic] with Dark Lanterns (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. VI)

May 17, 1862
Wood engraving
27.6 × 23.5 cm (10.9 × 9.3 in)

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