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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 51789

Dutch Gap Canal, James River, Virginia


Soldiers at work on the dam, during the digging of the canal in late 1864.
The original caption stated: "The mist arising against the bank is caused by a rebel shell which exploded while this position was being taken, Dec. 1864 before the bank was blown up".
Photograph was printed by (and possibly taken by) E. & H.T. Anthony and Company, 501 Broadway, New York.

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24 October 2003