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The Trenches of Fort Mahone [copy 2]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05137.062 Author/Creator: Place Written: New York Type: Photograph Date: 1865/04/02 Pagination: 1 stereocard Order a Copy

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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