Rappahannock Station Va. Officers quarters 50th New York Engineers; another view – Historic Reproduction
(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 Rappahannock Station Va. Officers quarters 50th New York Engineers; another view. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Rappahannock Station Va. Officers quarters 50th New York Engineers; another view
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Officers' quarters of the 50th New York Engineers at Rappahannock Station, Virginia, appear in this second view of the camp, made in 1864. The regiment, raised in New York, spent much of the war building and repairing pontoon bridges and fortifications for the Army of the Potomac, and the Rappahannock crossing was an important link in those campaigns. Winter and semi-permanent encampments like this one were typically built from logs, boards and canvas, offering a glimpse of how engineer units lived between periods of heavy fighting. The picture is a wet collodion glass negative, a process that required quick exposures and careful handling in the field.
| 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. 0264 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--Union Engineering. 50th New York Engineers.United States--Virginia--Rappahannock Station. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 1,728 × 1,368 px · prints to 6 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-45985 |
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