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Smith, William Morris, fl. 1865 [District of Columbia. Men and gun of 3d Massachusetts Heavy Artillery at ornamental gate of Fort Totten]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0183 Author/Creator: Smith, William Morris, fl. 1865 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: August 1865 Pagination: 1 albumen print Height: 23.5 cm, Width: 18.5 cm Order a Copy

A print of a photograph bronze artillery gun [12 lb. Napoleon] and caisson inside Fort Totten's (1st, at Washington, DC. NY Ft. Totten not named so until 1898) gate. "Totten" painted across the top of the entrance. Six Union artillerymen stand between the guns and the gate. The insignia on the forage caps of some of the men indicate Co. D of the 3rd Mass. Heavy Artillery. Small sign on the slope in the background reads: "Keep off the Grass." Referenced in index of Photographic History of the Civil War. Verso notations: "Defenses of Wash." "Ordway Gardner Collection" "XXX" "21"

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