Camp Thompson Encampment of the Springfield Light Guard 19th Century Frame Style:Ebony Frame The Friedman Flexible Straw Patent

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Camp Thompson Encampment of the Springfield Light Guard 19th Century Frame Style:Ebony Frame The Friedman Flexible Straw PatentCamp Thompson Encampment of the Springfield Light Guard, 19th Century. A documentary photograph of citizen soldiers at bivouac canvas tents in orderly rows, the Light Guard posed with the stiff dignity of a militia that took its drill seriously, half pageant and half preparedness in the long quiet after Appomattox. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives,