Union picket line in front of the rebel Fort Mahone, called by the soldiers "Fort Damnation," Richmond, Virginia
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Stereograph showing Union soldiers amid the gabion reinforced fortifications of Fort Mahone, Petersburg, Virginia.
Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History.
Date from negative sleeve.
Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co.
Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
Original negative is: LC-B811-3202.
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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