Fredericksburg Virginia. View of town from east bank of the Rappahannock – 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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Fredericksburg Virginia. View of town from east bank of the Rappahannock 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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Fredericksburg Virginia. View of town from east bank of the Rappahannock
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Fredericksburg, Virginia sat on the Rappahannock River about halfway between Washington and Richmond, and this stereograph shows the town as seen from the river's east bank. The Union and Confederate armies fought over the town several times during the war, most notably in the December 1862 battle, when Union troops tried to cross the river and assault the heights beyond. By 1863 the town was occupied and heavily marked by the fighting, and this view records that condition from the opposite shore. The negative is a wet collodion glass plate, and the catalog notes that the photographer was once credited to Alexander Gardner, though that attribution has since been questioned.
| Created / published | 1863 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Title from Civil War caption books. 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 × 2,163 px · prints to 17 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-48579 |
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