Petersburg Virginia. Officer seated – Historic Photograph 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 Petersburg Virginia. Officer seated. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Petersburg Virginia. Officer seated
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Taken at Petersburg, Virginia, in 1862, this stereograph shows a seated officer whose name the record does not preserve; the caption on the negative sleeve reads only "Unknown." The image was made by David B. Woodbury, a photographer who documented Union-occupied Virginia towns during the war, and it survives as a wet collodion glass negative meant for viewing through a stereoscope. Petersburg, a rail and supply hub south of Richmond, saw Union troops pass through during the 1862 Peninsula campaign, so the picture offers a glimpse of officers in the field during that tense period.
| Created / published | 1862 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Petersburg VA Unknown. Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). · Woodbury D. B. (David B.) d. 1866 photographer. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,120 × 2,377 px · prints to 17 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-50478 |
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