Photos tagged as civil_war

Day_101_-_Fort Macon, Rifling Signage

The signage in this museum was excellant. This one explains what rifling is.

• Date: 11 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_101_-_Fort Macon, Gate

• Date: 11 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_101_-_Fort Macon, View of_Ocean

You can see a slight view of the ocean from the top of the fort.

• Date: 11 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_101_-_Fort Macon, Outter_Wall

• Date: 11 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_101_-_Fort Macon, Kitchen

• Date: 11 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_101_-_Fort Macon, Interior Wall_Detail

• Date: 11 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_101_-_Fort Macon, Hot Shot Furnace Signage

This sign explains how the hot shot furnace was used

• Date: 11 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_101_-_Fort Macon, Hot Shot Furnace_Detail

Cannon balls were dropped from this end and rolled down over a super hot fire at the bottom, where they sat until they were red hot. These ovens were made obsolete by ironed hulled vessels which wouldn't catch fire when hit.

• Date: 11 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_101_-_Fort Macon, Hot Shot Furnace

This hot shot furnace has been fully restored, as has most of the fort.

• Date: 11 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_101_-_Fort Macon, Main__Gate

This is the main gate to the inside portion of the fort. There is a ramp leading from the top of the outside ramparts.

• Date: 11 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_101_-_Fort Macon, Enlisted Men's Quarters_left

• Date: 11 December 2007
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• Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_101_-_Fort Macon, Civil War Uniforms

There was an entire room devoted to different army uniforms during the era's the fort was in use. These just illustrate the Civil War period.

• Date: 11 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_101_-_Fort Macon, 6 Pound_Cannon

This is an 1841 6 Pound Cannon, the smallest sized cannon used in the Civil War. A seven man gun crew operated it.

• Date: 11 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_101_-_Fort Macon, Laundress Diorama

Army regulations allowed hiring up to four laundresses per company. These were often the wives of enlisted men or civilian women who lived near the fort. At Fort Macon, the pay was $1 per month per soldier plus a food ration.

• Date: 11 December 2007
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• Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_101_-_Fort Macon, Aerial_Photo

This gives you an idea how the fort was laid out, with both an outter and inner wall.

• Date: 11 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day 96 - Petersburg NBF, Visitors Center

This is the visitors center at Petersburg National Battlefield. It has exhibits and a small museum inside (as well as a gift shop).

• Date: 6 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Petersburg, USA: gallery
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Day 96 - Petersburg NBF, Mortor Photo

This was called 'the Dictator'. It is a 13 inch seacoast mortar and is the largest style of mortar used during the Civil War.

• Date: 6 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Petersburg, USA: gallery
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Day 96 - Petersburg NBF, Earthworks

During the nine months of trench warfare, the two armies constructed overy 100 miles of earthworks of various sorts. This one is immediately outside the visitors center

• Date: 6 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Petersburg, USA: gallery
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Day 96 - Petersburg NBF, Cannon

One of the civil war cannon's positioned at the visitors center and around the battlefield sites.

• Date: 6 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Petersburg, USA: gallery
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Day 96 - Petersburg NBF, 6th USCT_Info

This has some of the history about the 6th United States Colored Troops.

• Date: 6 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Petersburg, USA: gallery
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Day 72 - Gettysburg Town, Fahnestock Bldg

This was a store during the battle, but was converted to a distribution center for the charitable donations arriving to help the town recover and care for the wounded.

• Date: 12 November 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Gettysburg, USA: gallery
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Day 72 - Gettysburg Town, Bldg Plaque

The current town buildings that were also standing during the battle have a plaque such as this to identify them.

• Date: 12 November 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Gettysburg, USA: gallery
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Day 72 - Gettysburg Town, County Courthouse

This was built in the 1850's to replace the original courthouse that the county had outgrown. Like all large public buildings (as well as several small private homes), it became a temporary hospital during and after the battle.

• Date: 12 November 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Gettysburg, USA: gallery
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Day 72 - Gettysburg Town, Lincoln Church

President Lincoln attended this Church on Nov. 19, 1863 when he came to Gettysburg to give 'a few appropriate remarks' at the dedication of the new cemetary.

• Date: 12 November 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Gettysburg, USA: gallery
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Day 72 - Gettysburg Town, Artillery Shell

One of nine confederate artillery shells still embedded in town buildings. This one in the building used as the Young Ladies Seminary at the time.

• Date: 12 November 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Gettysburg, USA: gallery
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