Image ID: AQIG

Credit:

by Russell (Andrew J.)

Date:

1865.04

Negative Size:

4.5 in. x 10 in. stereo

Equipment:

cannon; casement carriage (iron); gabion; handspike wrench; Parrott Rifle gun; Parrott shell; rammer staff; sandbag; siege carriage; sponge staff

Locations & Lines:

Fort Brady VA; Virginia

Military Units:

1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery; 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery (Company C); US Army

Sources:

Library of Congress

Photographic History. The War For The Union. Ft. Brady, James River, Va. View showing battery ready for action. [Anthony Co. stereo card]

Library of Congress says: Stereograph showing Union soldiers from Company C, 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery standing in a battery of Parrott guns at Fort Brady, Virginia.