Brandy Station Virginia. Officers winter quarters headquarters Army of the Potomac – 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 Brandy Station Virginia. Officers winter quarters headquarters Army of the Potomac in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Brandy Station Virginia. Officers winter quarters headquarters Army of the Potomac
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Winter quarters at Brandy Station, Virginia, show the headquarters of the Army of the Potomac in February 1864, when the army had settled into camp after the fall campaigns. The station had been the scene of one of the largest cavalry battles of the war in June 1863, and the rail line running through the area made it a useful base for the army. The glass negative was made with the wet collodion process, which required photographers to coat and expose plates before they dried, so such views took considerable effort. The record notes that the picture was once credited to Alexander Gardner, a well-known Civil War photographer, though that attribution is no longer assumed.
| Created / published | 1864 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass wet collodion. |
| Notes | Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Winter Quarters at Hdq. Army of the Potomac Brandy Station Va. Feb.1864. Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). · Gardner Alexander 1821-1882 formerly attributed to this photographer. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,120 × 4,217 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-47207 |
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