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Civil War, Picket Duty In Virginia. The scene shows Union troops in blue uniforms firing with rifles over a fence, from their position in a wood. The Union troops are shown standing, crouching and kneeling, firing or standing at-the-ready with their rifles, whilst an officer looks on from behind. Their target is a Confederate column of cavalry which is crossing the field in front of them. One of their horses, its rider lying on the ground, is bolting. A farmhouse and a road is discernible in the background.</div>
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Albert_Bierstadt" class="extiw" title="w:en:Albert Bierstadt"><span title="American painter">Albert Bierstadt</span></a>
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1862<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1862-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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