Great siege train at Yorktown, Va. – Antique Print
(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 Great siege train at Yorktown, Va. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Great siege train at Yorktown, Va.
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The Siege of Yorktown in 1862 was the first major Union campaign of the Civil War's Peninsula Campaign, and this view shows the heavy artillery Union forces hauled into position to batter the Confederate works. Siege guns of this size could not move on ordinary roads, so the army relied on railroad cars and specially built carriages to bring them forward. The photograph captures how much logistics lay behind the battle, with the guns and their transport dwarfing the men who worked them. The caption card gives no date, so the scene is best placed within the spring 1862 operation.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | [no date recorded on caption card] |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,490 × 1,536 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-124220 |
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