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    • Timothy O'Sullivan, Photographer at Petersburg >
      • O'Sullivan and Vest Man
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      • Fort Stedman Group
      • Gracie's Salient Group
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    • John Reekie, Photographer for the Quartermaster Corps
    • Thomas C. Roche, Photographer at Petersburg
    • David Knox, Photographer at Petersburg
    • Andrew J. Russell, Photographer at Petersburg
  • U. S. Military Railroad
    • Terminus of Military R. R. at City Point
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    • Shooting Hill
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  • Maps and Topogs
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    • William H. Paine, Cartographer
    • Gilbert Thompson
    • Confederate Maps >
      • Confederate Defenses 1862
      • Gilmer-Campbell Maps, 1864
      • Stevens Map July 1864
      • Fields of Fire
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    • Union Maps >
      • June 21, 1864, Federal Engineers Map
      • June 30, 1864 -- XVIII Corps Map
      • July 1864 Map of XVIII Corps Lines
      • Native American Perspective of the Crater
      • August 28, 1864, Michler Map
      • IX Corps, Peebles and Pegrams Farms Oct. 1864
      • Manuscript Survey, 1865
      • Michler Map Series 1865-1867
      • Michler-Weyss, Siege of Petersburg
      • 1871, Map of Recapture of Ft. Stedman
      • 1864, Coast Survey Map of Petersburg
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    • Fort Willcox or Battery XVI
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    • Shand House
    • Signal Towers and Trees >
      • Some Operations of the Signal Corps at Petersburg
    • Taylor Farm >
      • The Ice House
      • Surviving Taylor Barn
  • Archeology
    • Geology of the Crater
    • Fieldwork -- Petersburg
    • Civil War Sinks
    • Deserted Confederate Camp
    • Gracie's Countermine
    • LIDAR Forts and Batteries
  • Articles, Papers, Presentations
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    • The Siege Landscape: Through Fire and Ice at Petersburg
    • "The Rebel in the Road"
    • "A Strange Sort of Warfare Underground"
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  • Kittens, Puppies & Ponies
  • "Fort Mahone" CS Batteries 25 & 27
  • New: Evolution of the Federal line east of Fort Wadsworth
  • Unidentified Man? Petersburg
  • Chamberlain Before Petersburg, June 18, 1864
  • Featured: Fort Fisher

    Authors

    Dr. Philip Shiman is a professional historian whose primary interest has been Civil War history and the history of military engineering in all periods, especially fortifications.
    Archeologist Julia Steele is Chief of Resource Management at Petersburg National Battlefield.
    ​National Park Service historian David Lowe has devoted his career to applying geospatial technologies  to the study of historic battlefields.

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