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1864-65: Siege of Petersburg
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1864-1865: photograph of the cottage of Colonel Nathaniel Michler, U.S. Engineers, at Bryant house, during the siege of Petersburg. Unidentified women and child. Detail below.

Woman in Civil War costume - hoop skirt and parasol
Image courtesy of Library of Congress.
Modifications © Jone Lewis 2001.

Detail:

close-up of woman in hoop skirt and parasol and second woman in work clothes, US Civil War costume

Image courtesy of Library of Congress.
Modifications © Jone Lewis 2001.

Topics: Civil War, women, child, siege of Petersburg, 1864-1865, log cabin, Bryant house, Colonel Nathaniel Michler

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