[Union Soldiers Sitting on Bench, Playing Cards]

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During the war, not every hour of every day was devoted to fighting, marching, and drilling. To pass the time in the field and in the semi-permanents camps during the long winter months when the war essentially stopped, soldiers in the North and the South entertained themselves with games of cards, checkers, chess, and dominoes. In this informal tintype, a pair of Union soldiers share a bench, a smoke, and a game of cards.

[Union Soldiers Sitting on Bench, Playing Cards], Unknown (American), Tintype with applied color

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[Union Soldiers Sitting on Bench, Playing Cards], Unknown (American), Tintype with applied color
[Union Soldiers Sitting on Bench, Playing Cards], Unknown (American), Tintype with applied color
[Union Soldiers Sitting on Bench, Playing Cards], Unknown (American), Tintype with applied color

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