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Interior of Fort Mahone

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05137.072 Author/Creator: Place Written: New York Type: Photograph Date: 1865/04/02 Pagination: 1 stereocard Order a Copy

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Caption: "Interior of the Southern Fort Mahone, called by the soldiers 'Fort Damnation,' showing Gabions, 'Chevaux de Frise,' & c. This view was taken the morning after the storming of Petersburgh, Va., April 2d, 1865." Shows various fort defenses.

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