Gettysburg Pennsylvania. Officers of 50th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry – Antique 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 Gettysburg Pennsylvania. Officers of 50th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Gettysburg Pennsylvania. Officers of 50th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry
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The officers of the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry, photographed in Gettysburg on July 5, 1865, were pictured two years after the armies fought there in early July 1863 and only a few months after Lee's surrender. Group portraits of this kind were often made when units gathered for reunions, mustering out, or memorial visits, so the picture reflects a moment when former soldiers were turning toward remembrance. The negative was once credited to Alexander Gardner, the Washington photographer known for his battlefield work, though that attribution is now considered uncertain.
| Created / published | 1865 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass wet collodion. |
| Notes | Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Officers of 50th Pennsylvania Infantry Gettysburg Pa. July 5 1865. 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 × 4,169 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-49372 |
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