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File Details: ALEUm, 1400 DPI, TIFF, Original Negative, 47.8 Mb

Image ID: ALEU

Credit:

unknown photographer

Date:

1865.04.03

Negative Size:

4.5 in. x 10 in. stereo

Equipment:

cheval de frise; gabion; sandbag

Locations & Lines:

Fort Sedgwick VA; Petersburg battlefield VA; Virginia

Military Units:

US Army

Sources:

Library of Congress

Photographic History. The War For The Union. War Views. No. 3192. Chevaux de frise, and breast works in the Union fort Sedgwick, called by the Rebels “Fort Hell,” showing two wounded soldiers. This view was taken the morning after the storming of Petersburgh [sic], Va., April 2d, 1865. [Anthony Co. stereo card]

Two young men, one African-american and the other probably Thomas C. Roche, loll on the works.

Anthony No. 3192.

Etched onto negative: 3192. copyright.

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