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Petersburg, Virginia. Earthworks in front of Petersburg. (The 27 foot ditch at Fort Gilmer, Guard against Federal mines)
Petersburg, Virginia. Earthworks in front of Petersburg
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Petersburg, Virginia. Gabioned parapet of "Fort Hell". (Fort Sedgwick)
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Petersburg, Virginia. Earthworks in front of Petersburg
Petersburg, Virginia. Earthworks in front of Petersburg
Petersburg, Virginia. Earthworks in front of Petersburg. (The 27 foot ditch at Fort Gilmer, Guard against Federal mines)
Summary
Title from Civil War caption books.
Caption from negative sleeve: Earthworks in front of Petersburg, VA.
Corresponding print is in LOT 4166-E.
Possibly: Fort Abbott, City Point line, the fort occupied by Abraham Lincoln during the fight, in front of Petersburg, that resulted in its capture (Source: New-York Historical Society title for same image, 2016)
Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
General information about Civil war photographs is available at loc.gov
Forms part of: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 (Library of Congress).
During the Civil War, photographers produced thousands of stereoviews. Stereographs were popular during American Civil War. A single glass plate negative capture both images using a Stereo camera. Prints from these negatives were intended to be looked at with a special viewer called a stereoscope, which created a three-dimensional ("3-D") image. This collection includes glass stereograph negatives, as well as stereograph card prints.