Fort Monroe Virginia. 3d Regiment Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery. (152nd Volunteers) – Vintage Wall Art
(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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This historic photograph of Fort Monroe Virginia. 3d Regiment Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery. (152nd Volunteers) brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Fort Monroe Virginia. 3d Regiment Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery. (152nd Volunteers)
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Fort Monroe, the masonry fort at Old Point Comfort on Virginia's Chesapeake coast, stayed in Union hands for the entire Civil War and was never captured. This glass negative shows men of the 3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, also called the 152nd Volunteers, at the post in December 1864, according to the caption on its original sleeve. Heavy artillery regiments like this one manned the fixed coastal guns and garrisons, so their work was steady but far from the battle lines. The plate was once credited to photographer Alexander Gardner, an attribution the record now treats as uncertain.
| Created / published | 1864 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass wet collodion. |
| Notes | Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Fort Monroe Va. dec. 1864 3rd PA. Artillery. 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 × 4,131 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-48530 |
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