Appomattox Court House Virginia. View of Court House and soldiers – Historic Photo Reproduction
(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 Appomattox Court House Virginia. View of Court House and soldiers, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Appomattox Court House Virginia. View of Court House and soldiers
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Appomattox Court House in Virginia is the setting here, and the place is what gives this view its weight: it was the village where Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S. Grant in April 1865, effectively ending the main Confederate field army. The glass negative was made the same year, and the courthouse and soldiers it shows belong to the final weeks of the war. The record also notes that the photographer was formerly attributed to Alexander Gardner, a detail that reflects how many Civil War images have had their authorship revised as scholars have studied the collections.
| Created / published | 1865 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Appomatox Court House 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 × 2,106 px · prints to 17 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-47007 |
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