Soldier’s haversack, canteen, and rifle lean on a tree. A gray jacket hangs on the rifle. A stool and two tents are near the tree. Two men in confederate uniforms stand next two a cannon in background. A wooden retaining wall supports earthworks in the background.
A rifle leans against an upright support pole of a tent. A canteen and cartridge box hang from the same support post. A white canvas folding chair stands outside the front. A wooden palisade is in the right background.
Ballots, a ledger, ink and pen, and a Harpers Weekly are placed on a wooden writing table in front of a tent.
Two white men in confederate uniform and equipment and sleeping gear are in a large a-frame tent with no sides. Wooden palisade and wooden retaining wall supporting earthworks in the background.
Two white men wearing Confederate uniforms one an officer and the other an enlisted man holding a rifle stand next to each other. A wooden retaining wall supports earthworks topped with sandbags in the background.
Three white men wearing Confederate uniforms walkaround a white canvas tent several chairs and a table outside the tent. A wooden retaining wall supports earthworks in the background.
Two white men in Confederate uniforms stand looking at a cannon with wooden retaining wall supporting earthworks in the background.
Eight white men wearing Confederate uniforms stand in a line shoulder to shoulder holding rifles. A man in wearing a Confederate uniform inspects the rifles. A wooden retaining wall supports earthworks topped with sandbags in the background.
The three white men in Confederate uniforms carrying rifles walk past wooden palisades.
Four white men wearing Confederate uniforms carrying rifles take position behind earthworks.
The heads of four white men wearing Confederate uniforms are visible above earthworks. One man is using a pair of binoculars the other three are firing rifles.
Two white men wearing Confederate uniforms firing rifles from defensive positions behind earthworks.
A white man wearing Confederate uniform aiming a rifle just visible behind a head-log.
The back of a white man wearing a Confederate uniform and brown hat kneels behind earthworks - loads a rifle.
The back of a white man wearing a Confederate uniform and brown hat kneels behind earthworks - fires a rifle.
The smoke of creates a haze in the air. Five white men wearing Confederate uniforms four just visible behind head-logs in the foreground and one visible above earthwork in the background.
Seven white men wearing Confederate uniforms firing rifles from defensive positions behind earthworks.
The heads of two white men wearing Confederate uniforms are visible above earthworks. One man is using a pair of binoculars.
Eight white men wearing Confederate uniforms firing rifles from defensive positions behind earthworks. A white man wearing a Confederate Officer’s uniform walks among them.
Ten white men wearing Confederate uniforms firing rifles from defensive positions behind earthworks.
A white man wearing a Confederate uniform fires a rifle through a loophole created with pieces of wood and sandbags.
Sixteen white men wearing Confederate uniforms stand in formation offering a salute.
Petersburg National Battlefield

Head log

Head log offers a protected firing position

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