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Dutch Gap Canal

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05137.184 Author/Creator: Place Written: Hartford, Conn. Type: Photograph Date: 1864/12 Pagination: 1 stereocard Order a Copy

John C. Taylor, Hartford Conn. Caption: "Dutch Gap Canal. Soldiers at work inside the dam. The mist rising against the bank is caused by a rebel shell, which exploded just as this view was being photographed, December, 1864. These are the original views taken by 'Brady,' the Government Artist, during 1861-2-3-4-5." Shows men working on the canal.

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