District of Columbia. Officers of Companies A and B 3d Massachusetts Heavy Artiller – Antique 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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This rare historic photograph captures District of Columbia. Officers of Companies A and B 3d Massachusetts Heavy Artiller in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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District of Columbia. Officers of Companies A and B 3d Massachusetts Heavy Artiller
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Two companies of the 3rd Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, A and B, posed for this 1865 view in the District of Columbia, with their officers identified by the record as the subject. Heavy artillery regiments like this one were assigned to the ring of fortifications that guarded Washington during the Civil War, and many spent their service manning big guns rather than fighting in open field battles. The image was made as a wet collodion glass negative, a process that required the photographer to coat, expose, and develop the plate before the emulsion dried. By 1865 this method was still the standard for field and studio work, so the picture reflects the technology of the war's final months.
| Created / published | 1865 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass wet collodion. |
| Notes | Civil War photographs 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge Washington D.C. : Library of Congress 1977. No. 0777 Title from Milhollen and Mugridge. Forms part of Selected Civil War photographs 1861-1865 (Library of Congress) |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865--Military facilities. United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865--Military personnel. Artillery (Troops) Forts & fortifications. 3rd Massachusetts Artillery.United States--District of Columbia--Washington. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 1,702 × 1,364 px · prints to 6 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-45974 |
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