Fugitive negroes fording Rappahannock - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing a group of Union soldiers crossing the Rappahannock River on horses alongside a wagon carrying slaves.
No. 518.
Part of series: Brady's Album Gallery.
"William Pinkerton" signed on verso.
Copyright 1862 by Alexander Gardner.

Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best known for his photographs of the American Civil War. He emigrated to the United States in 1856 and worked as a photographer in Mathew Brady's studio. Gardner was sent to document the American Civil War and produced some of the most iconic images of the conflict, including photographs of the battlefields at Antietam and Gettysburg. After the war, Gardner photographed President Lincoln and the American West, including images of Native Americans, settlers, and the construction of the transcontinental railroad.