Petersburg Va. Entrance to mine in Fort Mahone intended to undermine Fort Sedgwick – Historic Photo Reproduction
(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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Petersburg Va. Entrance to mine in Fort Mahone intended to undermine Fort Sedgwick comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Petersburg Va. Entrance to mine in Fort Mahone intended to undermine Fort Sedgwick
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The picture shows the mouth of a mine tunnel at Fort Mahone, a Confederate earthwork on the Petersburg lines, dug in an effort to blow up Fort Sedgwick, the Union position a short distance away. The two forts stood so close that their garrisons could often hear each other, and each side tried to tunnel beneath the other's works. The photograph dates to 1865, late in the Petersburg siege that ran from the summer of 1864 until the Confederates abandoned the city in April 1865. It was taken by James F. Gibson, and as a stereograph, it was meant to be viewed through a stereoscope to show the earthworks in depth.
| Created / published | 1865 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative (2 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. 0424 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 | 1,330 × 1,356 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-46720 |
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