Fort Fisher interior view of parapet and traverse including cannon in background and flooding. [January 1864 ca.]

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GLC#
GLC05111.01.0538-View header record
Type
Images
Date
1864/01 ca.
Title
Fort Fisher interior view of parapet and traverse including cannon in background and flooding. [January 1864 ca.]
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
1 photograph Height: 17.8 cm, Width: 22.9 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Four Federal soldiers stand atop a tall sand parapet. Wooden stairs lead up to the top where a cannon looks over the other side. There is a great amount of flooding on the lower right side of the image and resting by the water at the base of the parapet are two destroyed cannons. A man stands next to an the entrance of a bom-proof magazine. In the left background, the stockade wall can be seen. Numeric notation on verso: "196."

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