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File Details: AJPMm, 1400 DPI, TIFF, Original Negative, 39.3 Mb
| Credit: | by Gibson (James F.) |
|---|---|
| Date: | 1862.05 |
| Negative Size: | 4 in. x 10 in. stereo |
| Equipment: | canister shot; cannon; handspike (iron); mortar (13 inch); shell tongs; tompion |
| Locations & Lines: | Battery No. 4 (Yorktown VA); Yorktown VA; Virginia |
| Military Units: | 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery; Army of the Potomac; US Army |
| Sources: | Library of Congress; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection |
Brady’s Album Gallery No. 375. Battery, No. 4 — near Yorktown, mounting 10 13-inch Mortars, each weighing 20,000 pounds. East-South end. [Brady Co. album card]
Photographic Incidents of the War. No. 375. Battery No. 4, near Yorktown, mounting ten 13-inch mortars, each weighing 20,000 pounds; south end. [Gardner Co. stereo card]
Photographic War History. The War For The Union. 1861-1865. No. 375. The Siege of Yorktown, Va. In the early Spring of 1862, the Army of the Potomac laid a very heavy siege to Yorktown, Va. Immense batteries of enormous guns and mortars were planted all along the line by the First Connecticut Heavy Artillery. This is a battery of 13-inch sea-coast mortars. [Taylor & Huntington stereo card]
Gardner No. 375.
Written on negative: 375.
