Civil War Happy Hour

This photo shows a few men enjoying, what appears to be, a bottle of wine.

October 1864. "Petersburg, Virginia. Hospital stewards of 2d Division, 9th Corps, in front of tents." — October 1864. “Petersburg, Virginia. Hospital stewards of 2d Division, 9th Corps, in front of tents.”

Source: Shorpy

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