[Horse artillery on parade grounds] – Historic Reproduction
![[Horse artillery on parade grounds], [photographed between 1861 and 1865, printed later] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/c4/c488531e6acc-L.webp)
(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 [Horse artillery on parade grounds], 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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[Horse artillery on parade grounds]
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Horse artillery, the mounted gun crews that could keep pace with cavalry and move cannon quickly across a battlefield, is the subject here, shown on a parade ground rather than in the smoke of combat. The photograph dates from between 1861 and 1865, when the Union and Confederate armies were training and equipping large numbers of volunteers, and the print itself was made later from the original negative. Batteries of this kind relied on six-horse teams pulling guns and caissons, so the animals were as essential as the men and cannon. The picture is a useful record of how Civil War artillery was organized and moved, and of the horses that made mobile field artillery possible.
| Created / published | [photographed between 1861 and 1865, printed later] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1860-1910. |
| Notes | Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Horse artillery--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Transportation. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,681 × 3,766 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221453 |
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