Petersburg Virginia. Church built by 50th New York Engineers. – Vintage Wall Art
(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 Petersburg Virginia. Church built by 50th New York Engineers. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Petersburg Virginia. Church built by 50th New York Engineers.
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The chapel in this view was built by men of the 50th New York Engineers, a unit whose work was construction rather than combat, so the structure reflects the daily labor of soldiers camped outside Petersburg. Timothy H. O'Sullivan photographed it in 1865, as the nine-month siege was drawing to a close. The picture is a stereograph, made from two glass negatives exposed as a pair, so that viewed through a stereoscope the small building appears to stand with depth. Its wet collodion glass plates are typical of the period's field photography, and the scene offers a glimpse of how Union troops made themselves at home in the siege lines.
| Created / published | 1865 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative (2 plates) : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Photographer name from negative sleeve: T. H. OSullivan. Caption from negative sleeve: Church of Engineer Corps before Petersburg Va. Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). · Woodbury D. B. (David B.) d. 1866 photographer. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,120 × 5,050 px · prints to 17 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-50499 |
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