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A Confederate redoubt - 19th century Virginia.
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Stereograph showing an exterior view of a Confederate redoubt commanding Chesterfield Bridge on the North Anna River which was captured by Union 2nd Corps under General Hancock on May 23, 1864. The gun is in position and soldiers sit in front of shelter tents.
No. 755.
Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865.
Attributed to Timothy H. O'Sullivan in 1864, based on LC-B811-755.
Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
Original negative is: LC-B811-755.
During the Civil War, photographers produced thousands of stereoviews. Stereographs were popular during American Civil War. A single glass plate negative capture both images using a Stereo camera. Prints from these negatives were intended to be looked at with a special viewer called a stereoscope, which created a three-dimensional ("3-D") image. This collection includes glass stereograph negatives, as well as stereograph card prints.
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