Battlefield of the Wilderness"--Views in the woods in the Federal lines on north side of Orange Plank Road" – Vintage Wall Art
![Battlefield of the Wilderness"--Views in the woods in the Federal lines on north side of Orange Plank Road", [photographed 1864 or 1865, printed later] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ed/ed0ab3198026-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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Battlefield of the Wilderness"--Views in the woods in the Federal lines on north side of Orange Plank Road" comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Battlefield of the Wilderness"--Views in the woods in the Federal lines on north side of Orange Plank Road"
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Dense woods on the north side of the Orange Plank Road, inside the Union lines, are the setting here, and the scrubby undergrowth shows why the fighting in this part of Virginia was so hard to see and control. The Battle of the Wilderness in early May 1864 pitted Ulysses S. Grant's Army of the Potomac against Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia in tangled forest where brush fires often spread through the fallen and wounded. The subject headings also note skeletons, a reminder that human remains lay scattered on the ground long after the fighting ended. Such scenes became some of the most sobering images of the war.
| Created / published | [photographed 1864 or 1865, printed later] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1860-1910. |
| Notes | No. 5018. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Wilderness, Battle of the, Va., 1864. Battlefields--Virginia--1860-1870. Skeletons--Virginia--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Battlefields. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,652 × 3,727 px · prints to 16 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221430 |
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