Forts and Fortifications

wilber6150

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Petersburg, Va View from signal tower


[Petersburg, Va. View from signal tower].
CREATED/PUBLISHED
[Between 1860 and 1865]
SUMMARY
Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.
NOTES
Reference: Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. No. 0400
Title from Milhollen and Mugridge. Corresponding print is in LOT 4166-E.
 
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Petersburg, Va View from signal tower

Any idea when this was taken? I would guess June 1865 as much has not been dismantled, although the canvas roofs appears completely taken. The wood huts would soon be firewood for the coming winter.
 
Thats what struck me, there was no data on when it was taken..Just this.. The siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865..

There is nobody around, huts have no roofs and a number are collapsed. No question it is several months after the surrender
 
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