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David Knox — Mortar Dictator, in Front of Petersburg

David Knox

Mortar Dictator, in Front of Petersburg

1864

Documenting one of the Union Army's most powerful siege weapons, this photograph shows the massive 13-inch mortar nicknamed 'Dictator,' which could hurl 200-pound shells over two miles into Confederate positions.

Medium
Albumen print, pl. 75 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Volume II" (1866)

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David Knox, Mortar Dictator, in Front of Petersburg, 1864

Documenting one of the Union Army's most powerful siege weapons, this photograph shows the massive 13-inch mortar nicknamed 'Dictator,' which could hurl 200-pound shells over two miles into Confederate positions.

Medium
Albumen print, pl. 75 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Volume II" (1866)
Year
1864
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

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Albumen Print, Documentary, Historic, 19th Century, American, Photograph, Somber, Realism, War, Black and White

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