[District of Columbia. Men and gun of 3d Massachusetts Heavy Artillery at ornamental gate of Fort Totten]

Smith, William Morris, fl. 1865 [District of Columbia. Men and gun of 3d Massachusetts Heavy Artillery at ornamental gate of Fort Totten]

GLC05111.01.0183

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GLC#
GLC05111.01.0183-View header record
Type
Images
Date
August 1865
Author/Creator
Smith, William Morris, fl. 1865
Title
[District of Columbia. Men and gun of 3d Massachusetts Heavy Artillery at ornamental gate of Fort Totten]
Place Written
Washington, District of Columbia
Pagination
1 albumen print Height: 23.5 cm, Width: 18.5 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

A print of a photograph bronze artillery gun [12 lb. Napoleon] and caisson inside Fort Totten's (1st, at Washington, DC. NY Ft. Totten not named so until 1898) gate. "Totten" painted across the top of the entrance. Six Union artillerymen stand between the guns and the gate. The insignia on the forage caps of some of the men indicate Co. D of the 3rd Mass. Heavy Artillery. Small sign on the slope in the background reads: "Keep off the Grass." Referenced in index of Photographic History of the Civil War. Verso notations: "Defenses of Wash." "Ordway Gardner Collection" "XXX" "21"

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