Chapel of the 50 Engineers NY Vols in front of Petersburg, Va. [Poplar Grove] 1865.
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0529 Author/Creator: Place Written: Petersburg, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: 1865 Pagination: 1 photograph 19.7 x 28.6 cm Order a Copy
Title taken from inscription on verso. The well constructed chapel, with a ornamental Engineers Castle insignia mounted above the door, is on the left side of the image. Black men, women and children stand in front of nearby smaller wooden buildings also well constructed. Inscription on verso: "Chapel of the 50 Engineers N.Y. Vols in front of Petersburg, VA 1865" and "F.H." Numeric notation on verso: "10" and "TO-33."
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