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Officers of horse artillery brigade, near Culpeper, Va., September, 1863 – Historic Print

Officers of horse artillery brigade, near Culpeper, Va., September, 1863, [photographed 1863, printed later] — historic photograph
Officers of horse artillery brigade, near Culpeper, Va., September, 1863, [photographed 1863, printed later]. Historic photograph from the Horses collection.

(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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Officers of horse artillery brigade, near Culpeper, Va., September, 1863

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Taken near Culpeper, Virginia, in September 1863, this group portrait shows the officers of a horse artillery brigade attached to the Army of the Potomac. Horse artillery was built for speed: its guns and caissons were pulled by teams of horses so batteries could keep pace with cavalry and reach the front quickly, which makes the animals and harness as central to the story as the men. Culpeper was a major Army of the Potomac base that year, and the officers' formal poses and equipment reflect a force still reorganizing after the summer campaigns.

Created / published[photographed 1863, printed later]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1860-1870.Group portraits 1860-1870.Photographic prints 1860-1910.
NotesCivil War Photograph Collection. No. 76.
SubjectsUnited States.--Army of the Potomac--People. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,285 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-191129

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