What Do You See?
Additional Pictures

Now that you have looked at one picture of the mortar "Dictator," look at three additional pictures that will expand your understanding of the items seen in the first image.


Picture 2


From Photographic Sketch Book of the Civil War, by Alexander Gardner, National Archives at College Park, MD

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Questions

  • Compare this picture with the other views. What is similar? What is different?


  • What additional information can you gain by looking at this new picture?


Picture 3


From Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress

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Questions

  • Compare this picture with the other views. What is similar? What is different?


  • What additional information can you gain by looking at this new picture?


Picture 4


From Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, National Archives at College Park, MD

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Examine other pictures of "Dictator" and the railroad cars that transported it.

Questions

  • How does this picture compare with the previous ones? What is similar? What is different?


  • What additional information can you gain by looking at this new picture?


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Last updated on May 28, 1998
Maintained by John L. Day

jday@umd5.umd.edu
and
Robert P. Hines
Robert_P._Hines@fc.mcps.k12.md.us