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SKU 5e88c1028e53 Category Field Photographs Tags Army of the Potomac, axe, bayonet, Brandy Station VA, by Fowx (Egbert G.), drum, drumstick, long gun, playing card, Sibley tent, table, US Army, Virginia

Image ID: AEBE

Credit:	by Fowx (Egbert G.)
Date:	1864.03-04
Negative Size:	6.5 in. x 8.5 in.
Equipment:	axe; bayonet; drum; drumstick; long gun; playing card; Sibley tent; table
Locations & Lines:	Brandy Station VA; Virginia
Military Units:	Army of the Potomac; US Army
Sources:	Library of Congress; National Archives; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection

Library of Congress says: Drummer boys off duty, playing cards in camp, winter of 1862 [sic].

Probably vicinity of Brandy Stqtion, VA.

Miller, The Photographic History Of The Civil War, Vol. 8, p. 195.

Fowx negative no. 348.

Etched onto negative: 347. 347 [changed to 348]. 293.