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Union picket line in front of the rebel Fort Mahone, called by the soldiers "Fort Damnation", Richmond, Virginia
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Stereograph showing three Union guards and other debris behind the gabion reinforced fortifications at Fort Mahone, Petersburg, Virginia.
No. 3201, part of series: War Views.
Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History.
Date from record for glass copy negative.
Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co.
Tax stamp on verso.
Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
Glass copy negative is: LC-B811-3201.
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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