Six men, military and civilians, examine the
Six men, military and civilians, examine the fifteen-inch gun at Battery Rogers, south of Alexandria, VA. The gun was in a technologically advanced bastion, allowing easy rotation for a wide field of fire. It was positioned 20 feet above the Potomac River, in one of 68 forts and batteries encircling Washington, DC during the US Civil War, 1861-65
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13123173
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Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
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Courtesy Everett Collection
