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O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882 Fort Fisher, North Carolina. Dismounted gun

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0257 Author/Creator: O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882 Place Written: Wilmington, North Carolina Type: Photograph Date: January 1865 Pagination: 1 albumen print Height: 25.4 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy

A print of a photograph of Fort Fisher, North Carolina. Image looks out from the fort over the beach and water. A heavy artillery piece has been destroyed on the right hand side of the image. To the left of the carriage, against the parapet are stands of unfired grape shot. The Y shaped lines in the middle of the image were probably caused by a cracked negative. Fort Fisher was held by the Confederates until two battles with the Union, one in December of 1864 and the next the following January, when it was captured.

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