Petersburg Virginia. Confederate fortifications on the outer line captured by the 1 – Historic Photograph 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.)
Description
Step back in time with Petersburg Virginia. Confederate fortifications on the outer line captured by the 1, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Petersburg Virginia. Confederate fortifications on the outer line captured by the 1
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
Confederate earthworks on the outer line at Petersburg, Virginia, form the subject here, the ground the 18th Corps captured on June 15, 1864. That assault opened the Petersburg campaign, Ulysses S. Grant's effort to seize the rail hub that supplied Richmond, and the siege that followed lasted nearly ten months. The picture is a wet collodion glass negative by David B. Woodbury, a photographer active during the war. Its stereograph format was meant to be viewed as a pair, which gave the trenches and parapets a sense of depth.
| Created / published | 1864 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Confederate Fortifications at the outer line at Petersburg captured by 18th Corps June 15th 1864. 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 × 2,118 px · prints to 17 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-50518 |
More from the Civil War Photographs collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
