On November 28, 1864, photographer T.C. Roche stood atop the Great Traverse and took a rare unposed view of Union and Confederate fighting men in the field together while at war. In the distance, a Confederate soldier stands atop Fort Beauregard in plain sight of pickets from the 7th United States Colored Troops. In the foreground, other members of the regiment relax beside their winter quarters. Just two months earlier, the 7th had suffered terribly in the failed attack against Fort Gilmer, a mile north of here.