Panoramic views of encampment of Army of Potomac at Cumberland Landing on Pamunky R – Antique Photo 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Panoramic views of encampment of Army of Potomac at Cumberland Landing on Pamunky R. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Panoramic views of encampment of Army of Potomac at Cumberland Landing on Pamunky R
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Cumberland Landing, on the Pamunky River in Virginia, served as a major supply depot for the Union Army of the Potomac during the Peninsula Campaign of 1862, when General George McClellan moved his forces up the peninsula toward Richmond. This panoramic view, assembled from multiple photographic sections, shows the sprawling tent encampment that grew up along the river as men and materiel were unloaded from transports. The print was made from photographs attributed to the studio of Alexander Gardner, whose team documented the Army of the Potomac throughout the war. Such panoramas let viewers take in the scale of a wartime logistics hub that few soldiers ever saw from above.
| Created / published | 1862 |
|---|---|
| Notes | Top image in two sections; bottom image in three sections. Civil War Photograph Collection. · Gardner Alexander 1821-1882 printer. |
| Subjects | Military camps--Union--Virginia--Cumberland--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865--Military facilities--Union. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 3,072 × 892 px · prints to 10 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-52077 |
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