Yorktown Virginia (vicinity). Fortifications. The ditch dug by Cornwallis in 1781 w – Vintage Wall Art
(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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A window into the past: Yorktown Virginia (vicinity). Fortifications. The ditch dug by Cornwallis in 1781 w, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Yorktown Virginia (vicinity). Fortifications. The ditch dug by Cornwallis in 1781 w
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The trench in this stereograph pair is an older defense near Yorktown, a ditch dug by the British under Lord Cornwallis before his surrender in 1781 ended the decisive campaign of the American Revolution. Eighty years later the ground was fought over again. In spring 1862, Union forces under George McClellan besieged Confederate works here during the Peninsula Campaign, and the old lines were put to use. David B. Woodbury made this pair that year with the wet collodion process, and the two plates together give the earthworks a sense of depth.
| Created / published | 1862 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative (2 plates) : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Caption from negative sleeve: Fortifications near 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 | 5,120 × 5,024 px · prints to 17 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-51728 |
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