Petersburg Va. Commissioned and noncommissioned officers of Cos. C and D 1st Massac – 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 Petersburg Va. Commissioned and noncommissioned officers of Cos. C and D 1st Massac, 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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Petersburg Va. Commissioned and noncommissioned officers of Cos. C and D 1st Massac
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Officers and noncommissioned officers of Companies C and D of the 1st Massachusetts Cavalry were photographed at Petersburg, Virginia, in 1864, during the long siege that began that June. Wet collodion glass negatives like this one were the standard method for camp and field portraits of the period, and photographers had to coat, expose, and develop each plate within minutes. Pictures that group commissioned and noncommissioned officers together give a useful view of how a cavalry company was organized and who led it.
| Created / published | 1864 |
|---|---|
| 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. 0386 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 personnel--Union. Petersburg (Va.)--History--Siege 1864-1865. Cavalry--Union. 1st Massachusetts Cavalry.United States--Virginia--Petersburg. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 1,718 × 1,352 px · prints to 6 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-45964 |
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