Culpeper Va. Men of Battery M (Bensons) 2d U.S. Artillery – 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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Step back in time with Culpeper Va. Men of Battery M (Bensons) 2d U.S. Artillery, a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Culpeper Va. Men of Battery M (Bensons) 2d U.S. Artillery
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Culpeper, Virginia, served as a major staging ground for the Army of the Potomac in 1863, and this view records members of Battery M, 2nd U.S. Artillery, a regular army unit whose men were known by the nickname "Bensons." The photograph was made by James F. Gibson, a photographer who worked for the Gardner studio and spent much of the war documenting Union camps and soldiers. Its wet collodion glass negative reflects the exacting process of the period, when a plate had to be coated, exposed and developed before it dried. Images like this give a direct look at the artillerymen, their gear and the daily routine of camp life in northern Virginia.
| 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. 0232 Title from Milhollen and Mugridge. Forms part of Selected Civil War photographs 1861-1865 (Library of Congress) · Gibson James F. b. 1828 photographer. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865.United States--Virginia--Culpeper. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 1,672 × 1,362 px · prints to 6 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-52878 |
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