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- GLC#
- GLC05111.01.0172-View header record
- Type
- Images
- Date
- August 1865
- Author/Creator
- Smith, William Morris, fl. 1865
- Title
- [District of Columbia. Detachment of Company K, 3d Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, by guns of Fort Stevens]
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 1 albumen print Height: 26.9 cm, Width: 21.6 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
A print of a photograph showing a company of artillerymen posed behind fortifications next to [heavy] artillery guns. There are two guns, one on either side of the photograph. Three officers stand on top of the rampart between the guns. Another group of men lounge on the ground just below the rampart, next to a stand of munition [spherical shells or solid shots]. erso notations: "XXIII" "692" Pencil note on back of mat attributes this image to Gardner and suggests a Century Co. provenance, however William M. Smith is credited for this photograph by the Library of Congress.
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