2009-04
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/31/2009
Two photographic slides of the same image, from Fort Stevens hill top, ten Union soldiers displaying the swivel cannon overlooking the valley. Both published by Taylor and Huntington, RP., B/W, one fine the other slight 2" background crack. (2 pcs) On July 12,1864 President Abraham Lincoln went out to Fort Stevens with his wife and other officers and stood on the parapet calmly watching the battle. The Battle of Fort Stevens thus marks the only battle in which a President was present and under enemy fire while in office.
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