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Fortifications in front of Petersburgh, Va

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05137.073 Author/Creator: Place Written: New York Type: Photograph Date: 1865 Pagination: 1 stereocard Order a Copy

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington. Caption: "Fortifications and bomb-proofs, in front of Petersburgh, Va." Shows an unexploded cannonball at the entrance of an underground bomb-proof.

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