Fairfax Court House Va. House used as a headquarters by Gen. G. B. McClellan and Ge – Antique 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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Fairfax Court House Va. House used as a headquarters by Gen. G. B. McClellan and Ge comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Fairfax Court House Va. House used as a headquarters by Gen. G. B. McClellan and Ge
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This photograph shows the courthouse at Fairfax Court House, Virginia, a small county seat about 20 miles west of Washington, D.C. Its title says the building served as a headquarters for both Gen. George B. McClellan and Gen. Pierre G. T. Beauregard, commanders on opposite sides in the early Civil War. The record dates the glass negative to 1860, before fighting began, so the wartime use described in the title comes from a later period. Fairfax Court House changed hands several times during the war, and the town's location near the capital made it a useful staging point for both armies.
| Created / published | 1860 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass wet collodion. |
| Notes | Civil War photographs 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge Washington D.C. : Library of Congress 1977. No. 0016 Title from Milhollen and Mugridge. Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). · War Photograph and Exhibition Company publisher. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865. Beauregard Pierre G. T. McClellan George B. Courthouses.United States--Virginia--Fairfax Court House. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 1,738 × 1,370 px · prints to 6 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-46237 |
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