. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . WITHIN THE DEADLY ZONE AT PETERSBURG The officers quarters of Fort Sedgwick, a bomb-proof structure, was a post of honor in the Federal hne, as it invariably drew the hot-test fire. It stands immediately behind the salient at which the guns were served. On the right is the Blessed Well of Fort Damna-tion. The commands garrisoning this fort were changed more frequently than any other. Regiments were continually moved fromone part of the line to the camps near City Point to recuperate, while fresh troops were brought up from that bas
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . WITHIN THE DEADLY ZONE AT PETERSBURG The officers quarters of Fort Sedgwick, a bomb-proof structure, was a post of honor in the Federal hne, as it invariably drew the hot-test fire. It stands immediately behind the salient at which the guns were served. On the right is the Blessed Well of Fort Damna-tion. The commands garrisoning this fort were changed more frequently than any other. Regiments were continually moved fromone part of the line to the camps near City Point to recuperate, while fresh troops were brought up from that base to take their John Grubb Park commanded the Ninth Corps, and it was this body of Federal troops that atlvanced from behindFort Sedgwick and, supported by its guns, seized the Confederate entrenchments opposite in an assault made on ,\pril 2, 1865.
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