Gettysburg Pennsylvania. Field and staff officers 69th Pennsylvania – Historic 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.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Gettysburg Pennsylvania. Field and staff officers 69th Pennsylvania. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Gettysburg Pennsylvania. Field and staff officers 69th Pennsylvania
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A wet collodion glass negative records Col. Davis and the staff of the 69th Pennsylvania Infantry at Gettysburg in June 1865, only a few weeks after the Confederate surrender had ended major fighting. The regiment had fought in the Union lines around the town in July 1863, so the portrait was made on ground the men knew well, as the army was demobilizing. Wet collodion plates were fragile, required immediate exposure and development, and were common in the period. The record notes that the picture was once credited to Alexander Gardner, a well-known Civil War photographer, though that attribution has since been questioned.
| Created / published | 1865 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass wet collodion. |
| Notes | Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Col. Davis and staff of 69th Pennsylvania Infantry Gettysburg PA. June 1865. Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). · Gardner Alexander 1821-1882 formerly attributed to this photographer. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,120 × 4,132 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-49334 |
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