Servants at quarters of Prince de Joinville in front of Yorktown, May 3, 1862 – Vintage Wall Art
![Servants at quarters of Prince de Joinville in front of Yorktown, May 3, 1862, [photographed 1862, printed later] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ce/ce419aa6dc46-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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This rare historic photograph captures Servants at quarters of Prince de Joinville in front of Yorktown, May 3, 1862 in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Servants at quarters of Prince de Joinville in front of Yorktown, May 3, 1862
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This photograph shows the attendants at the quarters of the Prince de Joinville, the French naval officer who spent time observing the Union army during the Peninsula Campaign, and it is dated May 3, 1862, the day Confederate forces began pulling out of Yorktown, Virginia. The image captures the domestic side of a military camp, where the staff who cooked, cleaned, and tended horses kept a visiting dignitary's household running near the front. Such scenes are rare in Civil War photography, which usually focused on soldiers, and they offer a useful view of the labor that supported officers and guests. The record does not name the individuals pictured.
| Created / published | [photographed 1862, printed later] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1860-1910. |
| Notes | No. 444. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Servants--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military life. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,735 × 3,786 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221466 |
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