Earthworks in front of Petersburg [Fort Norton]. [duplicate] [1864-1865 ca.]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0615 Author/Creator: Place Written: Petersburg, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: 1864-1865 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph 10.8 x 12.1 cm Order a Copy
A man in civilian dress stands in the trench supported by logs and support beams. Inscription on top of image in Fay's handwriting: "Earthworks in front of Petersburg. Federal lines at Fort Norton. P.46." The numbers "1069" and "388" do not appear in this image, that part has been trimmed off. There is a notation of "1069" written in the lower left corner of the image. Formerly part of H.W. Fay's ("Keeper of Lincoln's Tomb") scrapbook. Idenitcal image can be seen in .607.
See GLC 5111.01.0607.
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