Fort Laramie, Old Bedlam, Fort Laramie, Goshen County, WY
Survey number: HABS WY-1 Building/structure dates: 1849 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1876 Subsequent Work
12th May Hancock and Wright fighting for the enemies rifle pits sketch...
Title inscribed. Inscribed upper left: Try & get a little gradation of tint and color out of the engraver. Inscribed above image. Rainy day time 6 o clock. Published in: Harper's Weekly, June 4, 1864, p. 306-1.... More
Fort MacArthur, Pacific Avenue, San Pedro, Los Angeles County, CA
Significance: In 1846 the Mexican governor of Alta California, Pio Pico, directed that a 500 varas square of land facing onto San Pedro Bay be set aside as a government reservation (approximately 44.25 acres). ... More
The sap roller. Petersburg 1864
Three men digging ditches while a guard keeps watch.
Fort Mifflin, Mud Island, Marine & Penrose Ferry Roads, Philadelphia, ...
Significance: Served as the primary fortification for the Americans in their blockade of British-occupied Philadelphia in 1777. Nearly destroyed in the British siege, Fort Mifflin was rebuilt as the first forti... More
Fort Mifflin, Mud Island, Marine & Penrose Ferry Roads, Philadelphia, ...
Significance: Served as the primary fortification for the Americans in their blockade of British-occupied Philadelphia in 1777. Nearly destroyed in the British siege, Fort Mifflin was rebuilt as the first forti... More