Fair Oaks Va. vicinity. Battery M. 2d U.S. Artillery commanded by Capt. Henry Benso – Historic Photo Reproduction
(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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Fair Oaks Va. vicinity. Battery M. 2d U.S. Artillery commanded by Capt. Henry Benso
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Photographed near Fair Oaks, Virginia, in 1862, this view shows Battery M of the 2nd U.S. Artillery under Capt. Henry Benson. It is a glass stereograph, one of a matched pair meant to be viewed together through a stereoscope for a three-dimensional effect. The wet collodion process required the photographer to coat, expose and develop each glass plate on site before it dried, which kept cameras close to the army they recorded. The battle of Fair Oaks, fought May 31 and June 1, 1862, was part of the Peninsula Campaign, George McClellan's effort to reach Richmond, so the battery's position here reflects that larger push toward the Confederate capital.
| Created / published | 1862 |
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| Medium | 1 negative : 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. 0082 Title from Milhollen and Mugridge. Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). · War Photograph and Exhibition Company publisher. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865. Peninsular Campaign 1862. Benson Henry.United States--Virginia--Fair Oaks. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 1,722 × 1,372 px · prints to 6 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-46239 |
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