Group of provost guards at headquarters Army of the Potomac – Vintage Photo 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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Group of provost guards at headquarters Army of the Potomac comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Group of provost guards at headquarters Army of the Potomac
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Few images from the Army of the Potomac capture the men who policed its own ranks as directly as this one. The provost guards were the Union army's military police, tasked with keeping order among soldiers, handling stragglers and deserters, and guarding headquarters areas, so a posed group at army headquarters shows the disciplinary side of camp life in 1864. The photograph is one of the Civil War views made by Mathew B. Brady and his team, whose wartime work for the Union army documented the men, camps and commanders of the eastern theater for public and official use.
| Created / published | 1864 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 251. · Brady Mathew B. 1823 (ca.)-1896 photographer. |
| Subjects | United States. Army of the Potomac. United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union. Guards--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,072 × 2,274 px · prints to 10 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-51904 |
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