Before & After: Chevaux-de-frise

[Mike Serpa]

Petersburg, Va. Sections of chevaux-de-frise before Confederate main works 1865 - LOC #02597v

For the first time a bonus Before & After!!

Petersburg, Va. Chevaux-de-frise in front of Fort Sedgwick April 3, 1865 - LOC #02619v

 

[brass napoleon]

Wow. Awesome photos! Thanks for posting.

 

[Jamieva]

Anyone want to argue that trench warfare started in WW 1 and not the civil war? that sure looks a lot like the western front to me.

 

[Mike Serpa]

Wow. Awesome photos! Thanks for posting.

Thank you!

Anyone want to argue that trench warfare started in WW 1 and not the civil war? that sure looks a lot like the western front to me.

Good observation. Something I did not think of.

 

[John Hartwell]

Poliorcetics (fancy for "siege craft") has always involved "trench warfare" of one sort or another, from ancient times on. That's mostly what these Civil War works were. The WWI innovation, was stationary entrenched front lines, not involving siege. And, there are probably a few earlier small-scale examples of that, too.

 

[thomas aagaard]

Anyone want to argue that trench warfare started in WW 1 and not the civil war? that sure looks a lot like the western front to me.

Find drawings of sieges in the 17th, 18th and earlier 19th century and you would find the same.

 

[yellowthornoftexas]

Awesome Mike!!!!

 

[Buckeye Bill]

Outstanding, Mike!

 

[Mike Serpa]

Awesome Mike!!!!

Thanks!

Outstanding, Mike!

Thank you.

 

[yellowthornoftexas]

Mike you do know if I ever come across a family member photo, I'm sending you a copy to work your magic! Lol

 

[yellowthornoftexas]

We still need to meet up for coffee some time.

 

[War Horse]

Awesome Mike, I have visited Petersburg recently and I can tell you the remaining breastworks are impressive. The King of Spades certainly knew what he was doing.

 

[yellowthornoftexas]

I'm going to have to make a Bucket List of CW Battlefields to visit! Lol

 

[Mike Serpa]

Mike you do know if I ever come across a family member photo, I'm sending you a copy to work your magic! Lol

Only if it's from your wife's side of the family!

Awesome Mike, I have visited Petersburg recently and I can tell you the remaining breastworks are impressive. The King of Spades certainly knew what he was doing.

Thanks! I never been to a single battlefield. On the far side of the continent.

 

[yellowthornoftexas]

Man Mike...that hurt! Lol

War Horse, I feel your pain!!!!

 

[Union_Buff]

Awesome work Mike!

 

[distantinlaw]

These look factory manufactured , !!!

 

[FarawayFriend]

Mike, admit it, you have been there in your little time-machine and made these photos yourself!
They look as if they were taken last week. Outstanding work again, congratulations!

 

[dlavin]

great picture. Looks like those things took some time to create, and minutes to destroy

 

[TinCan]

Outstanding Mike!