The Petersburg Railroad depot in Richmond

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  1171. Railroad battery before Petersburg

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  Stereograph showing General Grant's railroad battery and crew near Petersburg, Virginia. The cannon is mounted in a specially made armored car that moves along the track close to or away from the enemy as required.

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  The 109th New York State vols. planting their colors on the rebel works in front of Petersburg, VA. April 2nd 1865

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  Image of the Union soldiers of the 109th New York Infantry Regiment storming a hill in siege of Confederate troops at Petersburg, Virginia, during the American Civil War; men shoot from behind barricades, charge forward with swords raised, or help carry and tend to the wounded and the dead; smoke and explosions from artillery in the air.

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  Locomotive No. 1 of Los Angeles and Independence Railroad

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  Image of men standing on and around Locomotive No. 1 and tender of the Los Angeles and Independence Railroad.

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  2296. Slave Pen, Alexandria, Va

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  Stereograph showing Union soldiers standing outside a building designated Price, Birch & Co., Dealers in Slaves. The photo also includes a horse and empty wagon standing under a bare tree.

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  Sketch of the Entrenched Lines in the Immediate Front of Petersburg

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  This map is probably detached from a copy of "A Guide to the Fortifications and Battlefields around Petersburg," published by Jarratt's Hotel, of which editions appeared in 1866 and 1869. "Surveyed under the direction of N. Michler, Major of Engrs. Bvt. Col. U.S.A." "Prepared expressly for Guests of Jarratt's Hotel Petersburg, Va." Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: HL sticker: 128580.

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  Collection of Civil War photographs including views of City Point and Richmond

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  A collection of various Civil War photographs that were bound into an album (now disbound), and were compiled by John P. Nicholson, Civil War veteran and collector. The albumen prints are approximately 10 x 12 1/2 inches, mounted on boards, with a few small, amateur photographs pasted on backs of some boards. The album begins with views of City Point by William Hathaway, including General U.S. Grant's headquarters and other barracks, and civilian men and women aboard a steamboat. Views in Richmond depict Libby Prison, building ruins, and Jefferson Davis' residence. Other subjects are: Lookout Mountain, Tennessee; soldiers and officers; an army camp at Scottstown, Alabama; an army bridge created from boats at Fredericksburg, Virginia (1862); U.S. Colored Troops standing in formation at Camp William Penn, Philadelphia (approximately 1863); Citizens' Volunteer Hospital; and a group of Black and white children, men, and women at "Scott House, opposite Fredericksburg." There are two photographs of illustrations by Civil War artist James E. Taylor depicting the Battle of Vermillion Bayou and Custer's charge through a Cheyenne village, Wyoming (1868). The album is disbound, and four photographs have been matted and housed in Box 2.

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