Falmouth Va. vicinity. Major Lacys house opposite Fredericksburg – Vintage 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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A window into the past: Falmouth Va. vicinity. Major Lacys house opposite Fredericksburg, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Falmouth Va. vicinity. Major Lacys house opposite Fredericksburg
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Few places in Virginia changed hands as often as the ground across the Rappahannock from Fredericksburg, and this view records a residence that stood at the center of that contest. The Lacy house on the heights above the river was a substantial dwelling, and Union forces occupied the area during the Army of the Potomac's encampment at Falmouth in the winter of 1862 and 1863. The picture was made as a stereograph from a wet collodion glass negative, so it was meant to be seen as a pair through a stereoscope, which gave home viewers a sense of depth in scenes of the war.
| Created / published | 1863 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Civil War photographs 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge Washington D.C. : Library of Congress 1977. No. 0174 Title from Milhollen and Mugridge. Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). · War Photograph and Exhibition Company publisher. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865. Burnsides Expedition to North Carolina 1862 Dwellings.United States--Virginia--Falmouth. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 1,714 × 1,356 px · prints to 6 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-46612 |
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