Petersburg Virginia. Railroad battery. – Vintage 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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This rare historic photograph captures Petersburg Virginia. Railroad battery. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Petersburg Virginia. Railroad battery.
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A railroad battery stands in front of Petersburg, Virginia, in this 1862 view, a reminder of how much the city's rail lines mattered during the war. Petersburg sat south of Richmond and served as a junction for several railroads that carried supplies and troops to the Confederate capital, so guns placed near its tracks were guarding a vital link. The image survives as a glass stereograph negative made with the wet collodion process, which required the photographer to coat, expose, and develop each plate on the spot. Its maker, David B. Woodbury, died in 1866, and his negatives are among the early wartime records of the Virginia front.
| Created / published | 1862 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Railroad Battery in front of Petersburg Va. Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). · Woodbury D. B. (David B.) d. 1866 photographer. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,120 × 2,372 px · prints to 17 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-50595 |
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