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41. 1784.a.13, 2(74)

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1784.a.13, 2(74)
Title:
Poplar Grove Church [Petersburg]. February, 1865. Photographer: O'Sullivan, Timothy H.
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View of the slender spired wooden church, with a group of soldiers posed in front: 'Too great a measure of praise cannot be bestowed upon a more noble and industrious body of men than the Fiftieth New York Volunteer Engineers. In the midst of great demands made upon their...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
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Date Range:
Feb 1865
Extent:
1 item

42. 1784.a.13, 2(75)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 2(75)
Title:
Mortar dictator. Front of Petersburg, October, 1864. Photographer: Knox, David
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View of the massive mortar, mounted on a railway trolley, with officers and men posed on the platform: 'This monster mortar, cast by Mr. Charles Knapp, at his celebrated iron works in Pittsburg, Pa., was used for a short time in the summer of 1864, during the siege operat...
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Printed Collections
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Date Range:
Oct 1864
Extent:
1 item

43. 1784.a.13, 2(76)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 2(76)
Title:
A fancy group. Front of Petersburg, August, 1864. Photographer: Knox, David
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography Group of members of the Army of the Potomac seated in front of tents, with two negro men holding cocks which they are about to release to fight: 'The monotony of camp life [during the siege of Petersburg] was relieved by every variety of amusement that was known, or could...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
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Date Range:
Aug 1864
Extent:
1 item

44. 1784.a.13, 2(77)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 2(77)
Title:
Forge scene. Front of Petersburg, August, 1864. Photographer: Knox, David
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography 'This photograph represents one of the forges used by the army at Petersburg, and was taken during the intense heat of a summer day. The trees in the distance are dimly seen through the tremulous air, and the pine twigs droop from the eaves of the hut as if a a fire had s...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
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Date Range:
Aug 1864
Extent:
1 item

45. 1784.a.13, 2(78)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 2(78)
Title:
Three first traverses on Land End, Fort Fisher, N.C. January, 1865. Photographer: O'Sullivan, Timothy H.
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking towards the fortified posts.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
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Date Range:
Jan 1865
Extent:
1 item

46. 1784.a.13, 2(79)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 2(79)
Title:
The Pulpit, Fort Fisher, N. C. January, 1865. Photographer: O'Sullivan, Timothy H.
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking down into the protected area in the fort, with figures posed for the camera. The capture of Fort Fisher, at the mouth of Cape Fear River, closed off the port of Wilmington against blockade runners.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
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Date Range:
Jan 1865
Extent:
1 item

47. 1784.a.13, 2(80)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 2(80)
Title:
Johnson's Mill, Petersburg, Va. May, 1865. Photographer: O'Sullivan, Timothy H.
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View lookingh across the Appomattox River towards the mill buildings, also known as Furt's Mill.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
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Date Range:
May 1865
Extent:
1 item

48. 1784.a.13, 2(81)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 2(81)
Title:
View of the Petersburg Gas Works. May, 1865. Photographer: O'Sullivan, Timothy H.
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography General view of the damaged building: 'Showing in the roof, and in various other places, the damage sustained from General Grant's lines, which, during the year 1864, were advanced to within a mile and a half of this spot. A noble smoke-stack, upwards of eighty feet high,...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
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Date Range:
May 1865
Extent:
1 item

49. 1784.a.13, 2(82)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 2(82)
Title:
View on the Appomattox River, near Campbell's Bridge, Petersburg, Va., May, 1865. Photographer: O'Sullivan, Timothy H.
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking down onto the river and a group of industrial buildings: 'On the right hand side of the view here taken is introduced a portion of one of the 'Merchant Manufacturing Company's Cotton Mills,' established in the early part of the year 1832, and employing, we a...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
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Date Range:
May 1865
Extent:
1 item

50. 1784.a.13, 2(83)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 2(83)
Title:
Quarters of men in Fort Sedgwick, generally known as Fort Hell. May, 1865. Photographer: O'Sullivan, Timothy H.
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography 'This view exhibits the bomb-proof quarter occupied by both officers and men in Fort Sedgwick. Excavations were made in the ground, and covered first with heavy pieces of timber, over which a layer of earth, of several feet in thickness, is thrown, sufficient to resist th...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
May 1865
Extent:
1 item