Petersburg Virginia (vicinity). Officers of 50th New York Engineers – Antique 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 Petersburg Virginia (vicinity). Officers of 50th New York Engineers 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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Petersburg Virginia (vicinity). Officers of 50th New York Engineers
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Officers of the 50th New York Engineers posed in front of Petersburg, Virginia, in July 1864, during the siege that began that June. The regiment's engineers spent their time building the trenches, bridges, and fortifications the Union army relied on around the city, so the group portrait places the men who did that work in front of the ground they were shaping. David B. Woodbury made the picture on a wet collodion glass negative, a process that required the plate to be coated, exposed, and developed before it dried, which made field portraits like this one a demanding undertaking.
| Created / published | 1864 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass wet collodion. |
| Notes | Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Officers of 50th New York Engineers in front of Petersburg. July 1864. Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). · Woodbury D. B. (David B.) d. 1866 photographer. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,120 × 4,176 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-50469 |
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