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Photographer: Library of Congress
Caption: Women at the Fort
Additional Description: At Fort Ethan Allen and other posts, officers often hosted their wives, children, or relatives during the winter season when the armies went into winter camp. In addition, forts employed authorized laundresses, often soldiers' wives. One such wife who added pie making to her services ended up making more money than her husband.

Tent life of the 31st Penn. Inf. (later, 82d Penn. Inf.) at Queen's farm, vicinity of Fort Slocum.
Submitted: April 28, 2019, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p472353
File Size: 4.785 Megabytes

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