Fort Richardson, 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery – Historic Reproduction
![Fort Richardson, 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery, [1861, printed later] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/f1/f1136ae9cfde-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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Fort Richardson, 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Fort Richardson, 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery
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Fort Richardson, one of the earthwork fortifications the Union army built in Virginia, is shown here with the heavy guns of the 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery, the regiment that manned them. The forts were part of a large ring of defenses raised around Washington after the early setbacks of 1861, when Union leaders feared a Confederate advance on the capital. The record dates the image to 1861 but notes that the print was made later, so it reflects the look of the works in their first months. Its cannons and parapets offer a useful view of how the capital's defenses were built.
| Created / published | [1861, printed later] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1860-1910. |
| Notes | No. 4547. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Cannons--1860-1870. Forts & fortifications--Union--Virginia--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military facilities. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,637 × 3,737 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221432 |
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