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3195.
Entrance to the Mine in the Rebel Fort Mahone, called by the soldiers "Fort Damnation." This mine is situated in a deep gully, and was excavated about 600 yards. It was intended to undermine Fort Sedgwick. This view was taken the morning after the storming of Petersburgh, Va., April 2d, 1865.
Negative at Library of Congress (LC-B811-3195)

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3195. Entrance to the Mine in the Rebel Fort Mahone, called by the soldiers "Fort Damnation." This mine is situated in a deep gully, and was excavated about 600 yards. It was intended to undermine Fort Sedgwick. This view was taken the morning after the storming of Petersburgh, Va., April 2d, 1865.