Yorktown Virginia (vicinity). Confederate fortifications. (This rampart was occupie – Vintage Photo 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 Yorktown Virginia (vicinity). Confederate fortifications. (This rampart was occupie. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Yorktown Virginia (vicinity). Confederate fortifications. (This rampart was occupie
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Few views of the Peninsula show Confederate defenses as plainly as this pair of plates, which captures earthworks and stacked ammunition near Yorktown. The Confederates had built these lines across the peninsula to slow the Union advance toward Richmond, and in the spring of 1862 Gen. George B. McClellan's army spent weeks preparing a siege before the defenders withdrew in early May. Photographed that year by David B. Woodbury using wet collodion glass plates, the two halves were meant to be seen together in a stereoscope, which gives the earthworks a sense of depth. The caption's mention of ammunition is a reminder of how much material both armies moved onto the field.
| Created / published | 1862 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative (2 plates) : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Caption from negative sleeve: Fortifications and ammunition at Yorktown 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 | 5,102 × 5,120 px · prints to 17 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-51723 |
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