Visual Materials

Dutch Gap Canal, bomb proof quarters of Major Strong, s 2551

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Description: Stereograph showing two African American soldiers sitting (one at the bottom of a vertical ladder) in front of a bombproof structure built into a hill. The structure served as quarters for Major Strong of the 16th New York Artillery.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1864
Call number: photSt Taylor (2551)
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