Post-US Civil War, July 1865. Gettysburg
Post-US Civil War, July 1865. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The camp of Captain John J. Hoff, Commissary of Subsistence, on the occasion of the laying of the cornerstone of the Soldiers National Monument, on the second anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. During the Civil War, the Hoffs office was responsible for the subsistence of all prisoners of war, political prisoners, contrabands, and of suffering Unionist families in invaded areas of the Confederacy. Six men in the group of twelve are African Americans. Photo by William Morris Smith
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13123578
Media ID
45384377
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3000px x 2159px
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Credit
Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
Source
Courtesy Everett Collection
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