Rappahannock Station Va. General view of 50th New York Engineers winter encampment – Historic Photograph 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 Rappahannock Station Va. General view of 50th New York Engineers winter encampment. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Rappahannock Station Va. General view of 50th New York Engineers winter encampment
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Winter quarters at Rappahannock Station, Virginia, are the setting here, where the 50th New York Engineers camped during the winter of 1863 to 1864. The Union army had fought for this river crossing that autumn, and engineer regiments like this one were responsible for the bridges and fortifications that supported the army along the Rappahannock. The image was made from a wet collodion glass negative, a process that required photographers to coat and expose plates quickly, often with a portable darkroom nearby. Look for the orderly rows of huts and tents, which show how an army laid out a camp when it expected to stay for months.
| 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. 0265 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 | 1,688 × 1,354 px · prints to 6 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-45984 |
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