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Photographer: Bernard Fisher
Taken: March 15, 2009
Caption: Fort Construction
Additional Description: Most Civil War earthen forts were built by standard military manuals. First the outside limits of the fort were laid out. Then the moat would be started. As the dirt was placed inside the moat limits to construct the walls, interior supports would be placed on the inside to hold the dirt. When complete, the fort would have infantry firing steps, artillery platforms, embrasures, and a powder magazine.
Submitted: March 17, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p56280
File Size: 0.898 Megabytes

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