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- GLC#
- GLC05111.01.0238-View header record
- Type
- Images
- Date
- September 1864
- Author/Creator
- McPherson, & Oliver, fl. 1864
- Title
- No. 4. Fort Morgan, south-east bastion.
- Place Written
- Fort Morgan, Alabama
- Pagination
- 1 albumen print Height: 24.4 cm, Width: 19.7 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
A print of a photograph of Fort Morgan, AL. Orange 5 cent "playing card" stamp, canceled" "M&O" on verso. Pencil inscriptions: "89" and "McKirby" near Kean Archives stamp on verso. The most powerful of defenses protecting Mobile Bay was Fort Morgan, which was bombarded by Farragut's fleet, and later taken by Union forces in 1864. The walls show the damage inflicted during the battle. Soldiers quarters visible in distance, near the water. Two guns visible, which were spiked just before the Confederates surrendered the fort (therby rendering them unusable). The image is "No. 4" in a series of 9 photographs taken.
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