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![[3,500 batteries] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjQvMDEvMDEvMzUwMC1iYXR0ZXJpZXMtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/235/jpg "[3,500 batteries] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.")
![[Fort Sumter. Vincents Creek. Battery Gregg]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjMvMDEvMDEvZm9ydC1zdW10ZXItdmluY2VudHMtY3JlZWstYmF0dGVyeS1ncmVnZy02NDAuanBn/40/25/webp "[Fort Sumter. Vincents Creek. Battery Gregg]")
![Cannon removing pictures, [3/3/23]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjMvMDEvMDEvY2Fubm9uLXJlbW92aW5nLXBpY3R1cmVzLTMzMjMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/55/webp "Cannon removing pictures, [3/3/23]")
![[Battery and encampment in clearing]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDMvYmF0dGVyeS1hbmQtZW5jYW1wbWVudC1pbi1jbGVhcmluZy1jZDJiMDktNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/29/webp "[Battery and encampment in clearing]")
![[North from Siege Battery, Hudson River, N.Y.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvbm9ydGgtZnJvbS1zaWVnZS1iYXR0ZXJ5LWh1ZHNvbi1yaXZlci1ueS02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "[North from Siege Battery, Hudson River, N.Y.]")
