Drewrys Bluff Virginia. Interior of Confederate Fort Darling on the James – Vintage Photo 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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A window into the past: Drewrys Bluff Virginia. Interior of Confederate Fort Darling on the James, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Drewrys Bluff Virginia. Interior of Confederate Fort Darling on the James
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Drewry's Bluff, the high ground on the James River about seven miles below Richmond, was the Confederacy's main river defense for the capital, and this view shows the inside of Fort Darling, the earthwork that crowned it. Union gunboats failed to force the bluff in May 1862, and the fort held until Richmond fell in April 1865. The stereograph pair was made in 1865, and its record notes that it was once attributed to Alexander Gardner, though the attribution has since changed. The two plates together give the depth that single views of the works lack.
| Created / published | 1865 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative (2 plates) : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Caption from negative sleeve: Interior of the Confederate Fort Darling James River near Richmond Va. 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 | 5,108 × 5,120 px · prints to 17 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-48336 |
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