Petersburg Virginia. Military telegraph operator headquarters Army of the Potomac – 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Petersburg Virginia. Military telegraph operator headquarters Army of the Potomac. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Petersburg Virginia. Military telegraph operator headquarters Army of the Potomac
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Taken at army headquarters near Petersburg, Virginia, in August 1864, this view shows a military telegraph operator at work during the siege that followed the Union army's arrival there that June. Wire communication was vital to commanders coordinating troops across miles of trenches, and telegraph lines tied headquarters to Washington and to units in the field. The glass negative was made with the wet collodion process, which required the plate to be coated, exposed, and developed before it dried. The photographer, David B. Woodbury, worked in Petersburg during the war and died in 1866.
| Created / published | 1864 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass wet collodion. |
| Notes | Caption from negative sleeve: Military telegraph operator Hdq. Army of Potomac Aug 1864 (Petersburg Va.). Miller vol. 8 p. 357. 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 × 4,598 px · prints to 17 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-50580 |
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