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1784.a.13, 1(14)
- Record Id:
- 040-003227786
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003227772
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026867937.0x000f57
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 1784.a.13, 1(14)
- Title:
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Mortar Battery No. 4, near Yorktown, Va. May, 1862. Photographer: Wood and Gibson
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: War Photography
'This represents one of the batteries planted for the bombardment of Yorktown … The mortars of Battery No. 4 were of thirteen inch calibre, and required great labor to place them in position. As the fire of mortars is entirely a work of calculation, it is not necessary for the gunners to see the object against which the shells are directed, and accounts for the position of this Battery under the high bank.'
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003227772
040-003227786 - Is part of:
- 1784.a.13, 1 : Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war. Vol. I. Photographer(s): Pywell, William R.
1784.a.13, 1(14) : Mortar Battery No. 4, near Yorktown, Va. May, 1862. Photographer: Wood and Gibson - Hierarchy:
- 032-003227772[0014]/040-003227786
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: 1784.a.13, 1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Albumen Print
Photograph
Photographic Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print - Start Date:
- 1862
- End Date:
- 1862
- Date Range:
- May 1862
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 173 mm x 227 mm
Format: Printed Book
Secondary Support: Card
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Wood and Gibson
- Subjects:
- American Civil War, 1861-65
Arms and Armaments
Artillery
Mortars