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![[Rear view of the 13-inch Mortar "Dictator" in the works of Petersburg, Virginia September 1, 1864]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjQvMDEvMDEvcmVhci12aWV3LW9mLXRoZS0xMy1pbmNoLW1vcnRhci1kaWN0YXRvci1pbi10aGUtd29ya3Mtb2YtcGV0ZXJzYnVyZy12YS1zZXB0ZW1iZXItMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/274/jpg "[Rear view of the 13-inch Mortar \"Dictator\" in the works of Petersburg, Virginia September 1, 1864]")
![[Fair Oaks, Virginia, vicinity. Federal battery]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjIvMDEvMDEvZmFpci1vYWtzLXZhLXZpY2luaXR5LWZlZGVyYWwtYmF0dGVyeS02NDAuanBn/40/41/webp "[Fair Oaks, Virginia, vicinity. Federal battery]")
![[Community adjacent to the fur trading post at Fort Victoria on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, showing cluster of buildings and possibly the fort just left of center]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMTIvY29tbXVuaXR5LWFkamFjZW50LXRvLXRoZS1mdXItdHJhZGluZy1wb3N0LWF0LWZvcnQtdmljdG9yaWEtb24tdmFuY291dmVyLWlzbGFuZC04ZWI5YTMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/28/webp "[Community adjacent to the fur trading post at Fort Victoria on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, showing cluster of buildings and possibly the fort just left of center]")
![[Petersburg, Virginia, Sept. 1864, 13-inch mortar DICTATOR]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDUvcGV0ZXJzYnVyZy12YS1zZXB0LTE4NjQtMTMtaW5jaC1tb3J0YXItZGljdGF0b3ItMzZiNDJhLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/34/webp "[Petersburg, Virginia, Sept. 1864, 13-inch mortar DICTATOR]")
![[Petersburg, Virginia, Sept. 1864, 13-inch mortar DICTATOR]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDUvcGV0ZXJzYnVyZy12YS1zZXB0LTE4NjQtMTMtaW5jaC1tb3J0YXItZGljdGF0b3ItZWMyOTk1LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/34/webp "[Petersburg, Virginia, Sept. 1864, 13-inch mortar DICTATOR]")
![[Petersburg, Virginia The "Dictator," a 13-inch mortar, in position]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjQvMDEvMDEvcGV0ZXJzYnVyZy12YS10aGUtZGljdGF0b3ItYS0xMy1pbmNoLW1vcnRhci1pbi1wb3NpdGlvbi0xLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[Petersburg, Virginia The \"Dictator,\" a 13-inch mortar, in position]")
![[Petersburg, Virginia The "Dictator," a 13-inch mortar, in position]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjQvMDEvMDEvcGV0ZXJzYnVyZy12YS10aGUtZGljdGF0b3ItYS0xMy1pbmNoLW1vcnRhci1pbi1wb3NpdGlvbi02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[Petersburg, Virginia The \"Dictator,\" a 13-inch mortar, in position]")
