District of Columbia. Soldiers cemetery near Fort Stevens (Brightwood) – Historic Photo Reproduction
(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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District of Columbia. Soldiers cemetery near Fort Stevens (Brightwood) 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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District of Columbia. Soldiers cemetery near Fort Stevens (Brightwood)
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Few Civil War sites around Washington carry as much history as the ground near Fort Stevens in Brightwood, where this August 1865 view shows a soldiers' cemetery. Fort Stevens was one of the earthworks guarding the capital, and it came under Confederate attack in July 1864, when Jubal Early's raid reached the city's northern defenses. This wet collodion glass negative was once credited to Alexander Gardner, a leading Civil War photographer, but the record now lists that attribution as uncertain. The picture was made only months after the war ended, when the dead of the Washington defenses were being gathered into permanent graves.
| Created / published | 1865 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass wet collodion. |
| Notes | Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Soldiers Cemetery near Fort Stevens Brightwood D.C. August 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 × 4,130 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-48311 |
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