Bealeton Va. Drum corps 93d New York Infantry – Vintage 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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Step back in time with Bealeton Va. Drum corps 93d New York Infantry, a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Bealeton Va. Drum corps 93d New York Infantry
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Views of Union army musicians are less common than portraits of men in line, which gives this picture of the drum corps of the 93rd New York Infantry at Bealeton, Virginia, a distinct place in the record. Drummers relayed orders and beat the calls that structured camp and march, and many were teenagers. Bealeton, a railroad stop in Fauquier County, served as a Union camp in 1863 along the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. The image survives as a wet collodion glass negative, a process that required the photographer to coat and expose each plate quickly in the field.
| Created / published | 1863 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass wet collodion. |
| Notes | Civil War photographs 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge Washington D.C. : Library of Congress 1977. No. 0217 Title from Milhollen and Mugridge. Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union. Military bands. Infantry--Union. 93rd New York Infantry.United States--Virginia--Bealeton. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 1,764 × 1,362 px · prints to 6 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-45989 |
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