Evacuation of Port Royal, Virginia, May 30, 1864
Summary
Horses on bank as United Army personnel cross pontoon bridge onto waiting boats.
Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
The war for the Union, photographic war history.
No. 2492.
Original glass negative no.: LC-B811-2492.
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.
Tags
Date
01/01/1864
Contributors
O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882, photographer
Taylor & Huntington, publisher
Location
Port Royal (Va.), 38.17167, -77.19111
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication.