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Image ID: ACXB

Credit:

unknown photographer

Date:

1865.04

Negative Size:

4.5 in. x 8 in. stereo

Equipment:

bayonet; cartridge box; cartridge case; gabion; long gun; solid shot

Locations & Lines:

Fort Mahone VA; Petersburg battlefield VA; Virginia

Military Units:

CS Army; US Army

Sources:

Library of Congress; National Archives; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection

Library of Congress says: Federal picket line in front of Fort Steadman [sic].

The MOLLUS Collection says: Union picket line in front of Fort Mahone, Petersburg.

Cartridge case reads “From Watervliet Arsenal.”

Etched onto negative: earth works in front of Petersburg 17.