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Tent Life of the 31st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, Queen's Farm, Vicinity of Fort Slocum:
A soldier of the 31st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment poses with is family and pet in front of his tent in Fort Slocum, now part of Washington's Brightwood neighborhood. All of the family possessions were taken out of the tent and displayed for the unidentified photographer. This regiment, which later became the 82nd Pennsylvania Infantry, was organized in Philadelphia in August 1861 and saw duty in the defense of Washington between October 1861 and March 1862. |