Arlington Virginia. Officers of 107th U.S. Colored Infantry at Fort Corcoran – 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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Step back in time with Arlington Virginia. Officers of 107th U.S. Colored Infantry at Fort Corcoran, a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Arlington Virginia. Officers of 107th U.S. Colored Infantry at Fort Corcoran
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This glass negative records the officers of the 107th U.S. Colored Infantry posed at Fort Corcoran in Arlington, Virginia, in 1865. The fort was one of the earthworks raised in 1861 on the heights above the Potomac to guard Washington, and it was named for Michael Corcoran, the Irish-born colonel of the 69th New York. By 1865 the United States Colored Troops had grown into a substantial part of the Union army, and portraits like this one document the white officers who commanded Black enlisted men. The wet collodion process demanded careful handling and short working windows, and the negative was once credited to Alexander Gardner, an attribution that has since been revised.
| Created / published | 1865 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass wet collodion. |
| Notes | Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Arlington Va. Officers 107th U.S. Colored Infantry. Fort Corcoran. 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 × 4,116 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-47033 |
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