View of Confederate Water Batteries on the James River. No. 1084. Interior of Ft. Sedgwick. [Gardner Co. stereo card]
Photographic War History. The War For The Union. 1861-1865. No. 1084. Interor of Fort Sedgwick. Fort Sedgwick on the Petersburg line was nicknamed by the troops Fort Hell, because the Rebel shot and shell was rained into it so constantly and fiercely. This glimpse of the bomb-proof quarters of the garrison gives an idea of the unpleasantness of the fort as a place of residence during the early days of 1865. The boys, however, suceeded [sic] in extracting considerable comfort from life, even here. The rough chimney with the old pork barrel for a chimney pot, leads down underground to a little fireplace around which many a song was sung or story told, even while Death was holding his carnival just outside. [Taylor & Huntington stereo card]
Sometimes attributed to William Frank Browne.
Gardner No. 1084.
Etched onto negative: 410 [crossed out]. 1084.
