Culpeper, Virginia. Generals, John H.H. Ward, Gershon Mott and Colonels, William R. Brewster John S. Austin, 72nd N.Y. Infantry. and John E. Farnum 70th N.Y. Infantry
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Caption from negative sleeve: Genl's J.H.H. Ward, Gershom Mott at Cols. Wm. R. Brewster [72nd N.Y.], John S. Austin and John E. Farnum [70th N.Y.] Oct. 1863; 2nd Div. 3rd Corps.
Two plates form left (LC-B811-280B) and right (LC-B811-280A) halves of a stereograph pair.
Photographer: Timothy O'Sullivan.
Corresponding print is in LOT 4172-H.
Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
General information about Civil war photographs is available at loc.gov
Forms part of: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 (Library of Congress).
During the Civil War, photographers produced thousands of stereoviews. Stereographs were popular during American Civil War. A single glass plate negative capture both images using a Stereo camera. Prints from these negatives were intended to be looked at with a special viewer called a stereoscope, which created a three-dimensional ("3-D") image. This collection includes glass stereograph negatives, as well as stereograph card prints.
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