Richmond Virginia. Gen. Edward O.C. Ord wife and child at the residence of Jefferso – 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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Step back in time with Richmond Virginia. Gen. Edward O.C. Ord wife and child at the residence of Jefferso, a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Richmond Virginia. Gen. Edward O.C. Ord wife and child at the residence of Jefferso
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This stereograph shows the family of Maj. Gen. Edward O. C. Ord, with his wife and child, at the Richmond mansion that had been home to Jefferson Davis, the Confederate president. Taken in 1865, after Union forces occupied the city, the pair of glass negatives records a striking domestic scene in a building tied to the Confederate government. The caption also says a table in the doorway is the one on which Lee's surrender was signed, a claim worth weighing against the better-known account of the signing at Appomattox Court House that April. Photographer David B. Woodbury made the image, and it survives as part of the Library of Congress's Civil War glass negative collection.
| Created / published | 1865 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative (2 plates) : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Caption from negative sleeve: Maj. Gen. Edward O. C. Ord wife and child at the Mansion formerly occupied by Jefferson Davis Richmond Va. In the doorway is the table on which the surrender of Gen. Lee was signed. 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 | 4,595 × 4,664 px · prints to 15 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-52770 |
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