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Rating |
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Title |
Railroad Battery before Petersburg. |
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Creator |
Unknown |
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Contributors |
Taylor & Huntington (publisher) |
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Date |
ca. 1865 |
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Decade |
1860-1869 |
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Part Of |
Collection of Civil War era stereographs |
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Series |
The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865 |
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Place |
Petersburg, Virginia |
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Notes |
Original photograph taken ca. 1865. Stereograph created ca. 1885-1889. Recto: [imprinted] 1245. Railroad Battery before Petersburg. [For Description Of This View See The Other Side Of The Card.] 1861 Photographic War History. 1865. 1861 The War for the Union. 1865. Verso: [imprinted] 1245. Railroad Battery before Petersburg. This is another battery on General Grant's Military Railroad, operated the same as the mortar 'Dictator' shown in view No. 831. The heavy cannon is mounted on a very strong, specially made car, protected with a roof of railroad iron. The car is readily moved along the line and the cannon is fired whenever required; it is thus made very effective and annoying to the enemy, for it is something like the Irishman's flea: 'When they put their hand on it, it aint there' in other words, when they try turn to fire of their batteries on the Railroad Battery, our boys hitch on to the car and run it along out of the line of fire, and commence pegging away again. By the time the 'Johnnies' find out where the Railroad Battery is, and get the range to smash it, 'it aint there' again; the boys run it along to a new stand for business. 1861 - Photographic History. - 1865... Yours in F.C. and L., Taylor & Huntington, Sole Owners of the Original War Views. No. 2 State St., Hartford, Conn. |
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Related Resources |
MARC record: http://libcat.smu.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=1855325 |
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Keywords |
Civil War; stereoviews; Union Army; United States Army; U.S. Army; Federal Army; military; railroads; railroad cars; armored vehicles; soldiers; cannons; guns; Richmond, Virginia; armored trains; campaigns; battles; Siege of Petersburg; Richmond-Petersburg Campaign; Richmond Petersburg Campaign; Confederate; Confederates; Confederacy; Confederate States Army; CSA |
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Physical Description |
1 photographic print on stereo card: stereograph, albumen; 10 x 18 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: 8577 w x 4985 h pixels, 48-bit RGB (recto); 8577 w x 4985 h pixels, 48-bit RGB (verso) |
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Digitization Process |
Digitization process: Recto and verso scanned using an Epson V750 as 1200 ppi, 48-bit, RGB, .tifs; master recto and verso files combined to make composite derivative, saturation adjusted, sharpened, 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_068_c.jpg |
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Archival File Name(s) |
ag1982_0145_068_r.tif; ag1982_0145_068_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-quality version of this file may be obtained for a fee by contacting degolyer@smu.edu. |
