U.S. Engineers clearing mines in front of Fort Wagner, South Carolina, September 1863, artist's impression, detail

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U.S. Engineers clearing mines in front of Fort Wagner, South Carolina, September 1863, artist's impression, detail
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Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College
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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, September 24, 2013
Depicted ContentCivil War Soldiering
Depicted ContentFort Wagner, SC
Image type
engraving
Original caption
The Siege of Charleston - Soldiers exploding mines by throwing pieces of shell at them from the saps - From a sketch by Mr. Theodore R. Davis.
Source citation
Harper's Weekly Magazine, October 3, 1863, p. 629.
Source note
Cropped from the larger image, also available here. 
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