Petersburg Virginia. Capt. John S. Crawford 114th Pennsylvania Infantry – Historic Photograph 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 Petersburg Virginia. Capt. John S. Crawford 114th Pennsylvania Infantry. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Petersburg Virginia. Capt. John S. Crawford 114th Pennsylvania Infantry
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Capt. John S. Crawford of the 114th Pennsylvania Infantry sits for this portrait, which the caption dates to August 1864. The regiment served in the Army of the Potomac's Ninth Corps during the long siege of Petersburg, Virginia, where opposing trench lines stretched for miles and officers sometimes sat for portraits between periods of fighting. The picture is credited to David B. Woodbury, who worked on the Petersburg front that year using wet collodion glass negatives. That process required plates to be coated, exposed, and developed while still damp, so each exposure took careful preparation in the field.
| Created / published | 1864 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass wet collodion. |
| Notes | Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Capt. Crawford 114th Penn. Infantry August 1864. Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). · Woodbury D. B. (David B.) d. 1866 photographer. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,120 × 4,151 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-50497 |
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