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These interesting rondelles (or “pies” as they are referred to on the Library of Philadelphia site, the home of these objects) are visually arresting images. The two examples below depict eight views of famous (Union) forts, and the second shoes the cycle of a Union recruit (“History of The Soldier Lad Folded in What He Best Loves, The Stars and Stripes, Red, White, and Blue”) and his progress through the war.
