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Photographer: Library of Congress Collection
Caption: Cavalry Depot
Additional Description: This wartime photo looks from the high ground near where today South Capital Street and Interstate 278 pass. Several distinctive "Sibley" tents are arranged on the low ground. In the distant right center is a rather prominent building, that may be the U.S. Capital dome. If so, then the camera was angled almost due north, looking across the Anacostia River. The photo is dated May 1864.
[Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, Call Number LC-B817- 7015[P&P]]
Submitted: August 7, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p30986
File Size: 0.060 Megabytes

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