Reekie, James, fl. 1862-1865 Gen'l. Butlers lookout on the Appomattox [River] near Broadway Landing, Bermuda Hundreds, VA. [1864 ca.]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0109 Author/Creator: Reekie, James, fl. 1862-1865 Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1862 ca.? Pagination: 1 photograph 44.5 x 33.7 cm Order a Copy
Title taken from inscription on recto. Huge signal tower built by General Benjamin F. Butler with a signalmen standing on various levels and several men posed in front of it. Modern graphite inscription on mount suggests the photo was taken by J. Reekie in 1862 ca., although a similar picture taken from different angle appears in the Photographic History of the Civil War, Vol. 2, p. 439, states the photograph was taken in June 1864.
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