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Title: The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959 Lanier, Robert S. (Robert Sampson), 1880-
Subjects: United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Pictorial works United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865
Publisher: New York : Review of Reviews Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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7. 1911, PATRIOT poll, fia SUNK BY A (OMT.I)ERATK SHELL—BUTLERS DREDGE-BOAT Here is the dredge-boat that had deepened the southern approaches to the Dutch Gap canal, as ii lay after being sunk by a < Confederateshell on Thanksgiving Day, 1864. It was later raised and bomb-proofed to insure its finishing the work. This view is to the east, showinga Union lookout-tower on the north bank of the James River, and some monitors in the right distance. The digging of the canal wasbegun on August 10, 1864, and was intended to enable Union monitors and gunboats to pass up the .lames to Richmond. The bendof the river which it cut off was filled with obstructions placed there by General Butler himself, and was commanded by the ConfederateBattery Dantzler. After September 89th, when the Confederate Fori Harrison, north of the James, was captured by the Union troops,the canal was not needed, but work was continued until some four months afterwards it was ready. Wter the war it was a welcomecha

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