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U. S. CIVIL WAR PHOTOGRAPHS |
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PETERSBURG
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OUR VISIT TO PETERSBURG
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Siege Lines around Petersburg. Note that "North" is to the left.
(After a Library of Congress map by Dr. J. B. Stinson, 1908.)
THE CRATER
![]() The Crater, as it appeared in 1865. |
![]() The Crater - January, 1998. |
The grass covered mounds (enclosed by a wooden fence in the photo above) are all
that remain in 1998 of the results of the massive 1864 explosion.
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![]() Confederate Countermine Location - 2006. |
![]() Sign describing the countermine - 2006. |
19th Century Photographs Notes
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