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Charge of the First Massachusetts Regiment on a Rebel Rifle Pit Near Yorktown (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. VI)

May 17, 1862
Wood engraving
23.5 × 34.9 cm (9.3 × 13.7 in)

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