Dutch Gap Canal James River Virginia. Confederate battery on James River above Dutc – Vintage Photo Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Dutch Gap Canal James River Virginia. Confederate battery on James River above Dutc, a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Dutch Gap Canal James River Virginia. Confederate battery on James River above Dutc
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The place named here is Dutch Gap on the James River in Virginia, where a Confederate battery sat above the canal cut across the river bend. Union forces under Benjamin Butler began digging the canal in 1864 to shorten the river route past Confederate guns near Richmond, and the work was still underway in 1865, when this picture was taken. The image is a wet collodion glass negative, a process that demanded quick exposure and careful handling in the field. Its photographer was once thought to be Alexander Gardner, a leading Civil War photographer, though that attribution is no longer certain.
| Created / published | 1865 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Confederate Battery on James River Va. above Dutch Gap Canal. Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). · Gardner Alexander 1821-1882 formerly attributed to this photographer. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,120 × 2,612 px · prints to 17 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-48370 |
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