Federal soldiers and officers stand around the "Dictator," a massive rail mortar, Petersburg, Va. [October 1864 ca.]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0534 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1864/10 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph 19.7 x 23.5 cm Order a Copy
The guns crew and officers stand around the "Dictator," mounted on a rail car. The two officers in the foreground are Colonel H.L. Abbot, First Connecticut Heavy Artillery, and General H.J. Hunt, Chief of Artillery of the Army of the Potomac. Captain F.A. Pratt is on the left. Captain E.C. Don is just behind Colonel Abott and Major T.S. Trumbell is just behind General Hunt on his left.
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