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Artillery Target Practice Field



Artillery Target Practice Field
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Title: Artillery Target Practice Field
Description: Earthwork four miles southwest of Racine, used during the Civil War in light artillery target practice to stop solid shot. Joseph Cooper is waving the flag.

Image ID: 70815
Creation
Date:
1927 
Creator
Name:
Unknown
City, State: Racine, Wisconsin
Collection
Name:
Album 14 (The Civil War--Buildings, sites, battles, naval history, prisons)
Genre: Photographs
Subjects: Plants
Hats
Artillery
Civil War, 1861-1865
Men
Outdoor photography
Flags
Land use, Rural
Clothing and dress
Fields (Agriculture)
 

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Please Credit: Wisconsin Historical Society.

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