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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unidentified Union Fort
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Unidentified Union Fort

Artist Mathew B. Brady (American, 1823-1896)
Date1866 or 1869
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 11 3/8 × 16 1/8 in. (28.9 × 41 cm)
Overall, Paper: 14 1/2 × 19 1/2 in. (36.8 × 49.5 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 1/8 × 24 1/8 in. (51.1 × 61.3 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineGift of David L. Hack and Museum purchase, with funds from Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., by exchange
Object number98.32.181
Terms
  • U.S. Civil War
  • Men
  • Military affairs
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DescriptionThe David L. Hack Civil War Photography Collection. This photograph shows a dirt road leading back through the center of the image, between two stone buildings. There is a large mound of dirt off to the right side of the foreground. Brick chimneys rise from the roofs of the buildings. Several men stand guard near the entrance. This is from _Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War_ (Hack Collection No. 2].

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