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Breastworks and "Cheavaux de Frise" in the Rebel Fort Mahone, called by the soldiers "Fort Damnation"--Lieut. J.B. Krepps, 2d Penn. Veteran Artillery and comrades viewing the works
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Stereograph showing Union soldiers standing on the log fortified parapet at Fort Mahone, Petersburg, Va. Lt. John B. Krepps, 2nd Penn. Heavy Artillery, 112th Regiment, Battery K is fourth from left.
Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History.
Imprinted on card: This view was taken April 3d, 1865, after the storming of Petersburgh, Va.
Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co.
Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
Original negative is: LC-B811-3217.
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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