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Fort Wagner, Morris Island

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05137.096 Author/Creator: Place Written: [New York?] Type: Photograph Date: 1861-1865 ca. Pagination: 1 stereocard Order a Copy

Series title but no Anthony imprint. Caption: "200 pdr. Parrott Gun in Fort Wagner, Morris Island, near Charleston." Shows artillerists posed around gun as if awaiting orders to load and fire. Although this card carries the "War Views" series title there is no identification indicating it is part of the Anthony series of that name.

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