Officers of horse artillery brigade near Culpeper Va. September 1863 – 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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This rare historic photograph captures Officers of horse artillery brigade near Culpeper Va. September 1863 in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Officers of horse artillery brigade near Culpeper Va. September 1863
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Culpeper, Virginia, is the place that sets this picture apart from the many Civil War portraits on the board, and the September 1863 date places it in the weeks after the armies had moved through the region following Gettysburg. Mathew B. Brady, whose studio gave the nation some of its best-known images of the war, is credited as photographer, and the sitters are officers of a horse artillery brigade attached to the Army of the Potomac. Horse artillery units were valued for their mobility, keeping pace with cavalry and moving their guns quickly to where a battle was turning, so the group portrait records a branch of the army prized for speed. Its catalog number, 76, places it within a larger series of Brady's Civil War photographs.
| Created / published | 1863 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 76. · Brady Mathew B. 1823 (ca.)-1896 photographer. |
| Subjects | United States. Army of the Potomac--People. United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,285 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-51884 |
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