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The Thirteen-inch Mortar "Dictator"

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05137.189 Author/Creator: Place Written: Hartford, Conn. Type: Photograph Date: 1861-1865 ca. Pagination: 1 stereocard Order a Copy

Taylor & Huntington, Sole owners of the Original War Views, Hartford, Conn. Caption includes an extensive description of the Dictator, which was mounted on a special flat car so that it could be moved from one site to another and a defense of the prices which the company charges for its stereocards.

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