​THE PETERSBURG PHOTOGRAPHS

Fort Stedman Group

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"Works in front of Petersburg, Va. Fort Stedman," National Archives (NWDNS-111-B-335). Battery 10 (on left), Fort Stedman (center-right) viewed from no-man's land. This grove of hardwoods on Hare House hill was an important landmark on the battlefield.
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Residue of Battle. Detail of Fort Stedman from the above photograph, showing a gap cut in the fraise during the Confederate assault March 25, 1865. Attackers swarmed into the fort through these two embrasures at the southwestern angle.
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LC 00540. "Petersburg, Virginia. Fort Stedman in front of Petersburg," photograph by Timothy O'Sullivan. View looks south into Fort Haskell.
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LC 00540 detail. View of Fort Haskell in the distance.
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LC 32450. "Interior of Fort Steadman in front of Petersburg, Va." photograph by Timothy O'Sullivan.
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LC 02857 (LC-B811-3343B), stereo view by Timothy O'Sullivan. [Petersburg, Va. Interior of Fort Steadman; bomb-proof in foreground]. Certainly in rear of Fort Stedman, not necessarily inside.
updated March 2021