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General View, Chambersburg, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania, destroyed by the rebels under McCausland, July 30th, 1864
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Stereograph showing an aerial view of Chambersburg and the surrounding area after it was destroyed by Confederate cavalry troops lead by General John McCausland.
Handwritten on card: No. 508.
Copyright 1864 by Charles E. Meyer.
Handwritten on verso: Deposited Aug. 6, 1864 by Charles E. Meyer, prop.
Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (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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