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Petersburg, Virginia. Earthworks in front of Petersburg. (The 27 foot ditch at Fort Gilmer, Guard against Federal mines)
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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.
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