Unknown Fort Fisher, N.C. exterior view of outer walls and stockade. [January 1865 ca.] [Copy 2]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0548 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: [s.l.] Type: Photograph Date: 1865/01 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph 17.8 x 24.1 cm Order a Copy
The image shows a long line of sharpened posts that constitute the outer stockade. A group of Federal soldiers stand behind the stockade on a mound on the left side of the image. Three cannons are visible, one in between each of the highest mounds. Debris is strewn across the foreground. Inscription on verso: "Ordway Gardner Coll." Numeric notation on verso: "XXII."
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