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O'Sullivan, Timothy Three first traverses on land end, Fort Fisher, N.C. [January 1861]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0265 Author/Creator: O'Sullivan, Timothy Place Written: Fort Fisher, N.C. Type: Photograph Date: 1865/01, 1866 Pagination: 1 photograph ; 18.4 x 33 cm Order a Copy

Negative by Timothy O'Sullivan. Taken from Gardner's "Sketchbook of the Civil War." Shows earth works of Fort Fischer with heavy artillery guns in traverses.
Note: traverse in center background is the same that appears in GLC 5111.01.0257. Includes text page description.

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