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A siege mortar nicknamed the "Dictator," used by the Union army during the Siege of Petersburg in the American Civil War, photograph in The Photographic History of The Civil War in Ten Volumes: Volume Three, The Decisive Battles, 1864. Internet...

Union soldiers of the XVIII Corps assault Confederate trenches on 15 June 1864 during the early days of the Siege of Petersburg in the American Civil War, wood engraving by Edwin Forbes in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1864. Library...

Battle of Five Forks, Va., lithograph by Kurz & Allison, c. 1886. A depiction of the Battle of Five Forks (1 April 1865), fought near the end of the Siege of Petersburg during the American Civil War. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Confederate fortifications at Fort Mahone during the Siege of Petersburg in the American Civil War, 1865. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

A scene of the explosion from the Battle of the Crater during the Siege of Petersburg in the American Civil War, illustration by Alfred R. Waud in Harper's Weekly, 30 July 1864. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

A Confederate soldier killed near the end of the Siege of Petersburg in the American Civil War, photograph by T. C. Roche, 3 April 1865. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Dead Confederate in the trenches of Fort Mahone at the end of the Siege of Petersburg during the American Civil War, photograph by T. C. Roche, 3 April 1865. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Confederate dead in the trenches of Fort Mahone at the end of the Siege of Petersburg during the American Civil War, photograph by T. C. Roche, 3 April 1865. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

A photograph of the First World War (1914-18) soldier and poet Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967). (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph of the First World War (1914-18) soldier and poet Wilfred Owen (1893-1918). (Imperial War Museums)