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Close-ups of Belle Plain Camp
The top left image shows that the site of the hill is crowded with
tents, many of them probably make-shift. On the top of the rise are the
silhouettes of what are likely prisoners.
The top right image is a vertical slice enlargement that shows more of the
shelters, though no men can me made out in the image. (continued below picture)
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The bottom left image is of the small bridge
described in the books narrative.
The narrative also states, "Farther to the right is a group of Union
soldiers." I'm not sure how the editor in the early 1900's determined that they
were Union soldiers, but it sure looks to me as though it is a group of men in
varying stages of undress, taking advantage of the the stream to bathe and
possibly wash what little apparel they had.
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