Scene at City Point, Virginia - 19th century Virginia.
Summary
Stereograph showing an overview of the military railroad depot and supply trains chosen by General Grant as his supply headquarters. In the distance are sailing ships on the James River.
No. 2514.
Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865.
Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
Original negative may be available: LC-B811-2514.
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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