[CIVIL WAR]. 11 stereoviews featuring waterways, gun boats, and pontoon bridges.

11 stereoviews published by E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., New York, each bearing publisher's imprint along upper edge and series title "Photographic History / The War for the Union" to right and left of mount recto; and printed series labels affixed to versos including image numbers and titles. Titles include: View on the Lynchburgh Canal, near the Haxall Flour Mills, Richmond, Va. The ruins of the Gallego Mills in the distance. -- Lake Seclusion and lulu Falls, on the top of Lookout Mountain, Tenn. -- Gen. Butler's Dutch Gap Canal... -- Double Pontoon Bridge on the James River, Richmond, Va. -- The Smoke Stack of the rebel ram Virginia at the Rocketts, Richmond, Va., showing the effects from Shot and Shell, after the return from her raid down the river. -- Gunboat Masessoit in the James River; barge waiting for officers at Aikins house. -- View from the Parapet of Ft. Sumpter, S. C., on the day of the raising of the old Flag. -- Pontoon on James river, above Jones' Landing; north side, 68 Boats, Sutlers' Schooners in the distance. -- Gov. transport steamer 'Washington Irving,' run ashore for repairs, City Point. -- General Hospital Wharf, army of the James, at City Point, all the wounded take ship here for the North. -- Gun boat Kansas. Officers in the foreground. James River, Va. -- Together, 11 views.

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[CIVIL WAR]. 11 stereoviews featuring waterways, gun boats, and pontoon bridges.

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