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Ninth Massachusetts Infantry camp near Washington D.C. – Antique Wall Art

Ninth Massachusetts Infantry camp near Washington D.C., 1861 — historic photograph
Ninth Massachusetts Infantry camp near Washington D.C., 1861. Historic photograph from the Washington DC collection.

(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 Ninth Massachusetts Infantry camp near Washington D.C. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Few photographs from the first year of the war show a regiment in its own camp, and this one records a Massachusetts infantry unit, the Ninth, encamped near Washington in 1861. The regiment drew heavily on Irish-born and Irish-American volunteers, which is why the catalog also lists Irish Americans in military service among its subjects. Catalogers also tagged the view with a church in Virginia, a reminder of how close the camps sat to the local countryside. The print is an albumen photograph from the Brady studio, though the Library of Congress notes that it was formerly attributed to Alexander Gardner.

Created / published1861
Medium1 photographic print : albumen.
NotesPhotograph by Mathew Brady Studio. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 8148. Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf 1997. · Gardner Alexander 1821-1882 formerly attributed to this photographer.
SubjectsChurches--Virginia--1860-1870. Infantry--Union--Virginia--1860-1870. Irish Americans--Military service--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan2,930 × 2,338 px · prints to 10 × 8 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-CIV-46023

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