Rebel soldier, killed in the trenches of Fort Mahone, called by the soldiers "Fort Damnation"

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Rebel soldier, killed in the trenches of Fort Mahone, called by the soldiers "Fort Damnation"

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Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History.

Caption continues: This view was taken the morning after the storming of Petersburgh, Va., April 2d, 1865.
Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co.
Attributed to Thomas C. Roche, based on LC-B811-3184.
Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
Original negative is: LC-B811-3184.

During the Civil War, photographers produced thousands of stereoviews. Stereographs were popular during American Civil War. A single glass plate negative capture both images using a Stereo camera. Prints from these negatives were intended to be looked at with a special viewer called a stereoscope, which created a three-dimensional ("3-D") image. This collection includes glass stereograph negatives, as well as stereograph card prints.

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01/01/1865
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Contributors

Roche, T. C., photographer
E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm), copyright claimant
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Petersburg37.22793, -77.40193
Google Map of 37.227928, -77.4019268
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Library of Congress
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