The Trenches of Fort Mahone [copy 2]

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GLC#
GLC05137.062-View header record
Type
Images
Date
1865/04/02
Title
The Trenches of Fort Mahone [copy 2]
Place Written
New York
Pagination
1 stereocard
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Caption: "Rebel soldiers killed in the trenches of Fort Mahone, called by the Soldiers 'Fort Damnation." This view shows the construction of their bomb proofs and Covered passages, which branch off in every direction. Taken the morning after the storming of Petersburg, Va., April 2d, 1865." Several corpses lying in a trench, with muskets propped up against the trench wall. Tax stamp removed.

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