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View from the Union Fort Sedgwick, called by the rebel soldiers "Fort Hell"
View from the breastworks of Fort Sedgwick, called by the rebel soldiers "Fort Hell"
Bomb-proofs in the Union Fort Sedgwick, called by the rebel soldiers "Fort Hell"
The ditch on the west side of the Union Fort Sedgwick, called by the Rebel soldiers "Fort Hell"
Ditch and "Cheavaux de frise" in front of the Union Fort Sedgwick, called by the Rebel soldiers "Fort Hell"
The ditch on the west side of the Union Fort Sedgwick, called by the Rebel soldiers "Fort Hell"
Interior of the Union Fort Sedgwick, called by the rebel soldiers "Fort Hell," showing Union soldiers on the breastworks
Ditch and "Cheavaux de Frise" in front of the Union Fort Sedgwick, called by the rebel soldiers "Fort Hell"
Ditch and "Cheavaux de Frise" in front of the Union Fort Sedgwick, called by the rebel soldiers "Fort Hell"
View from the Union Fort Sedgwick, called by the rebel soldiers "Fort Hell"
Summary
Stereograph showing an interior view of Fort Sedgwick in Petersburg, Virginia which includes scattered tree stumps, fortifications, and dugouts in the distance.
No. 3204, part of series: War Views.
Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History.
Printed on verso: "This view was taken the morning after the storming of Petersburgh, Va., April 2d, 1865."
Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
Original negative is: LC-B811-3204.
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.
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