Union soldiers dismantling Confederate fort posed on cannon

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GLC05111.01.1011
GLC#
GLC05111.01.1011-View header record
Type
Images
Date
circa 1861-1865
Title
Union soldiers dismantling Confederate fort posed on cannon
Place Written
Petersburg, Virginia
Pagination
1 photograph Height: 7.9 cm, Width: 7.9 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

The image shows Union soldiers sitting on and standing near two cannon, one soldier in the center possibly African-American, with fortification earthworks in the background. Inscription on verso: "Dismantling the Rebel Forts, Petersburg, Va."

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