Headquarters of Gen'l. Lafayette before the Battle of Yorktown.

Notes:

A group of African Americans, including women and soldiers, some with washtubs, stand and lie on the grass in front of a clapboard building with dormer windows and two chimneys.; "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1862, by Barnard & Gibson, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia."; Title from printed label on verso.

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University of Michigan. Libraries

Collection:

William L. Clements Library Image Bank

Subject Topic:

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier,--marquis de,--1757-1834--Homes and haunts.; African Americans.; Photographs shelf.; James Forsyth papers.; Military headquarters--1860-1870.; Wash tubs--1860-1870.; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans.; Yorktown (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.; United States--District of Columbia--Washington.

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