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Confederate battery at Howlett House, Trent's Reach, James River. [April 1865 ca.]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0379 Author/Creator: Place Written: Trent's Reach, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: 1865/04 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph 10.8 x 12.7 cm Order a Copy

Title from inscription on verso. A close view of a large artillery piece [Brooke rifle] on a swivelling carriage aiming out over the fort walls. The James can be seen in the far distance.

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