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Army Forge scene, in front of Petersburg by Alexander Gardner — VisualArtsDB

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Army Forge scene, in front of Petersburg

Alexander Gardner

1864

Medium: Albumen silver print
Dimensions: 7 × 9 1/16" (17.8 × 23 cm)
Genre: Photograph
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY, US

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Ruins of Petersburg and Richard Raidroad Bridge

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Antietam Bridge, On the Sharpsburgh and Boonsboro Turnpike, No. 3, September 1862

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Smokestack of Confederate Ram Merrimac at Richmond/Remains of Ironclad Ram "Virginia #2", April, 1865

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