Petersburg Va. Bomb-proof quarters Fort Sedgwick (Fort Hell) – Vintage Photo Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Petersburg Va. Bomb-proof quarters Fort Sedgwick (Fort Hell), a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Petersburg Va. Bomb-proof quarters Fort Sedgwick (Fort Hell)
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Timbered bombproof quarters dug into the earthworks at Fort Sedgwick, outside Petersburg, Virginia, show how soldiers sheltered in 1865. The Union post, named for General John Sedgwick, sat so close to Confederate lines that its garrison nicknamed it "Fort Hell" because of constant artillery and sniper fire. Gibson's stereograph was made during the siege of Petersburg, which had dragged on for months before the city fell in April 1865. Paired views like this one were meant to be seen through a stereoscope, giving the cramped, earthen rooms a sense of depth.
| Created / published | 1865 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 2 negatives (3 plates) : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Civil War photographs 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge Washington D.C. : Library of Congress 1977. No. 0416 Title from Milhollen and Mugridge. Forms part of Selected Civil War photographs 1861-1865 (Library of Congress) · Gibson James F. b. 1828 photographer. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865--Military facilities. Petersburg (Va.)--History--Siege 1864-1865. Forts & fortifications.United States--Virginia--Petersburg. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 1,346 × 1,360 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-46714 |
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