Alexandria Virginia (vicinity). Gen. Samuel P. Heintzelmans headquarters at Fort Ly – 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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Alexandria Virginia (vicinity). Gen. Samuel P. Heintzelmans headquarters at Fort Ly comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Alexandria Virginia (vicinity). Gen. Samuel P. Heintzelmans headquarters at Fort Ly
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The stereograph records the headquarters of Gen. Samuel P. Heintzelman at Fort Lyon, near Alexandria, Virginia, in 1861. That year the Union army was building earthen forts and camps around Washington and Alexandria, and Heintzelman commanded troops in that defensive line before the army advanced toward Manassas that summer. The picture was made from two glass plates using the wet collodion process, and the pair is meant to be viewed together for a sense of depth. Earlier catalogs credited the photographer as Alexander Gardner, but that attribution is now considered uncertain.
| Created / published | 1861 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative (2 plates) : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Caption from negative sleeve: Gen. Samuel P. Heintzelmans Hdqrs. Fort Lyon Va. vicinity of Alexandria 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 | 5,120 × 5,068 px · prints to 17 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-46910 |
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