Fort Morgan Alabama. Ruins of fort. Looking south-west – Antique 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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This historic photograph of Fort Morgan Alabama. Ruins of fort. Looking south-west 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 Morgan Alabama. Ruins of fort. Looking south-west
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Fort Morgan, on the tip of the peninsula guarding the entrance to Mobile Bay, is the subject of this stereograph, shown from the Citadel and looking southwest. Alabama state forces seized the fort in January 1861, weeks after the state seceded, and it became a Confederate post for the first years of the Civil War. The pair of glass plates was made with the wet collodion process and is attributed to photographer James F. Gibson, who worked in the early years of the war. The record's "ruins" label may reflect later condition or cataloging rather than the fort's state in 1861.
| Created / published | 1861 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative (2 plates) : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Caption from negative sleeve: view of Citadel looking South West. Photographers name attributed in Civil War caption books. Fort Morgan Ala. Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). · Gibson James F. b. 1828 photographer. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,087 × 5,120 px · prints to 17 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-52670 |
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