Drilling troops near Washington, D.C. – Historic Reproduction
![Drilling troops near Washington, D.C., [photographed between 1861 and 1865, printed later] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/51/513b7bc34ff3-L.webp)
(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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Troops drilling in the fields around Washington show the Union army learning its trade during the first years of the war. After the defeat at Bull Run in July 1861, the capital's defenses grew into a ring of forts, and volunteer regiments from the Northern states spent long weeks there practicing close-order drill, marching, and firing before they were sent to the front. Images like this one are part of the Brady-Handy collection, a body of Civil War photographs associated with Mathew Brady's studio and the photographer Levin Handy, later held by the Library of Congress. The print was made after the fighting, so it reflects the army as a training institution rather than as a battlefield force.
| Created / published | [photographed between 1861 and 1865, printed later] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1860-1910. |
| Notes | No. B526. Stamped on verso: Brady-Handy Collection until Sept. 10, 1964 DLC Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Military training--Washington (D.C.)--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military facilities--Union. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,643 × 3,752 px · prints to 15 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221436 |
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