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Title |
Gibson's Battery of Horse Artillery, Near Fair Oaks. |
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Creator |
Gardner & Gibson |
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Contributors |
E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm) |
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Date |
June 1862 |
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Date (EDTF) |
1862-06 |
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Decade |
1860-1869 |
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Part Of |
Collection of Civil War era stereographs |
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Series |
Photographic Incidents of the War |
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Place |
Henrico County, Virginia |
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Description |
This image depicts Battery C, 3rd U.S. Artillery, commanded by Captain Horatio Gates Gibson, U.S.A. Gibson's battery was part of the U.S. Horse Artillery Brigade of the Army of the Potomac, which during 1862 participated in the Peninsula Campaign. Sources: Francis Trevelyan Miller and Robert Sampson Lanier, The Photographic History of the Civil War: In Ten Volumes, Vol. 5, New York: Review of Reviews, 1912, Google Books. Theodore P. Savas, Brady's Civil War Journal: Photographing the War, 1861-1865, New York: Skyhorse Publishing, 2008, Google Books. |
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Notes |
Recto: [imprinted] Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by Gardner & Gibson, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia. Verso: [imprinted on affixed label which is superimposed on another affixed label] Photographic Incidents of the War. No. 431. Gibson's Battery of Horse Artillery, Near Fair Oaks. From Gardner's Gallery, corner of 7th and D streets, Washington, D.C. Negative by James F Gibson. E. & H. T. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New York, Wholesale Agents. [handwritten in pencil] same H(?) as CW but diff. image. [affixed on label] three-cent revenue tax stamp. |
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Authorized Subject Terms |
Gibson, James F., 1828-
Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 |
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Keywords |
Civil War; soldiers; Union Army; United States Army; U.S. Army; Federal Army; cannons; artillery; carts; wagons; horses; Fair Oaks, Battle of, Va., 1862; Gibson, Horatio Gates, 1827-1924; Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 |
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Physical Description |
1 photographic print on stereo card: stereograph, albumen; 8 x 17 cm |
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Form/Genre |
Photographs
Photographic prints
Stereographs
Albumen prints |
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Digital Resource Type |
Image |
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Digitization Date |
Digitized: 2013 |
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Digital Format |
Displayed as .jp2; uploaded as .jpg |
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Archival File Resolution |
Archival scan: 8272 w x 4030 h pixels, 48-bit RGB |
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Digitization Process |
Digitization process: Recto and verso scanned using an Epson 750 as 1200 ppi, 48-bit, RGB, .tifs; recto and verso files combined to make composite derivative then sharpened, saturation adjusted, and resampled to 3000 pixels on the long edge, 24-bit .jpg |
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Call Number |
Ag1982.0145 |
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Upload File Name |
ag1982_0145_049_c.jpg |
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Archival File Name(s) |
ag1982_0145_049_r.tif; ag1982_0145_049_v.tif |
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Digital Collection |
Civil War: Photographs, Manuscripts, and Imprints |
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Library |
DeGolyer Library |
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Publisher |
Central University Libraries, Southern Methodist University |
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Rights |
Please cite DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University when using this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained for a fee. For details see the https://sites.smu.edu/cul/degolyer/research/permissions/ web page. For other information, contact degolyer@smu.edu. |
Civil War - Photographs, Manuscripts, and Imprints
