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Can You Recognize Anything in This Amazing Civil War Photograph?

  • Published July 17, 2013
General view of the city of Alexandria, Va., April 15, 1864
Take a closer look at this amazing Civil War photograph from April 15, 1864, exactly one year before Lincoln was assassinated. Can you recognize anything? Take a look!
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Don’t you just love these old Civil War photographs? This one is amazing, and it’s even more impressive if you click on it for the larger version. Can you see anything recognizable?

General view of the city of Alexandria, Va., April 15, 1864
General view of the city of Alexandria, Va., April 15, 1864

One interesting thing to note … it was taken exactly one year before Lincoln was assassinated.

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Source: Library of Congress

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