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[Horse artillery on parade grounds] – Historic Reproduction

[Horse artillery on parade grounds], [photographed between 1861 and 1865, printed later] — historic photograph
[Horse artillery on parade grounds], [photographed between 1861 and 1865, printed later]. Historic photograph from the Horses collection.

(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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Horse artillery, the mobile field guns pulled by teams of horses so batteries could keep pace with cavalry and infantry, is the subject here, shown on a parade ground rather than in the chaos of battle. The photograph dates from between 1861 and 1865, though the print itself was made later, a common situation with Civil War negatives that were copied and reprinted for decades afterward. Such images were valued for documenting equipment and organization, and the teams, harness, and gun carriages reward close looking. Working batteries like this one were central to Union and Confederate tactics, and the horses were as essential as the guns they hauled.

Created / published[photographed between 1861 and 1865, printed later]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1860-1910.
NotesCivil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsHorse artillery--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Transportation.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,051 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-140610

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