Richmond Va. vicinity. 20-pdr. v Parrott rifled guns of the 1st New York Battery – Historic 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 Richmond Va. vicinity. 20-pdr. v Parrott rifled guns of the 1st New York Battery. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Richmond Va. vicinity. 20-pdr. v Parrott rifled guns of the 1st New York Battery
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The 20-pounder Parrott rifled guns of the 1st New York Battery stand in the open countryside near Richmond, Virginia, in this 1862 stereograph, made from a wet collodion glass negative. The photograph dates to the Peninsula Campaign, when Union forces under George B. McClellan advanced up the peninsula toward the Confederate capital. Parrott rifles were cast-iron guns reinforced with a wrought-iron band at the breech, and they were common in Union batteries of the period. Because it was made as a stereograph pair, the image was meant to be viewed through a stereoscope, which gave the guns and the men around them a sense of depth.
| Created / published | 1862 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative (2 plates) : glass stereograph 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. 0083 Title from Milhollen and Mugridge. Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865--Equipment and supplies. United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union. Peninsular Campaign 1862. Artillery (Troops) 1st New York Battery.United States--Virginia--Richmond. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 1,720 × 1,368 px · prints to 6 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-45966 |
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