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Fort Johnson Battery

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05137.092 Author/Creator: Place Written: New York Type: Photograph Date: 1865 Pagination: 1 stereocard Order a Copy

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Shows Fort Sumpter across the water in the distance. Fort Johnson's cannons peak out from behind their entrenchments.

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