Headquarters of the Army of the Potomac near Fairfax Court House Va. June 1863 – Antique 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Headquarters of the Army of the Potomac near Fairfax Court House Va. June 1863. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Headquarters of the Army of the Potomac near Fairfax Court House Va. June 1863
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Fairfax Court House, a small Virginia county seat about 20 miles west of Washington, served as a Union staging ground during the Civil War, and this view records the headquarters of the Army of the Potomac there in June 1863. That was the month the army began moving north out of Northern Virginia, and within weeks it would meet Confederate forces at Gettysburg. The image is one of a numbered series issued by the War Photograph and Exhibition Company, which sold views of army camps, fortifications and leaders to a public eager for news from the front. Its focus on the headquarters rather than on battle reflects how much of the war was in fact logistics, planning and waiting.
| Created / published | 1863 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 507. · War Photograph and Exhibition Company publisher. |
| Subjects | Military headquarters--Union--Virginia--Fairfax--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865--Military facilities--Union. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,277 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-52092 |
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