O'Sullivan, Timothy Redoubt near Dunn's House. Outer line Confed. fortifications. Petersburg
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0425 Author/Creator: O'Sullivan, Timothy Place Written: Petersburg, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: 1864/06/20 or 24 Pagination: 1 photograph 10.8 x 12.7 cm Order a Copy
Title from inscription on verso. Captured Confederate earthworks at Dunn's house, Petersburg. A tent appears in the right foreground of the image. A few pieces of carefully scattered debris are near the tent. A ditch runs down the center of the image. Men pose at various places in the image. Hoses and wagons are visible in the left distance, just in front of a large house. Numeric notation: "784 XI - III."
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