New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.

Artillery Taking Position, North Bank of River, Fredericksburg, Virginia

Artist Andrew Joseph Russell (American, 1830-1902)

Artist Mathew B. Brady (American, 1823-1896)

Date1862 or May 1863?

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 10 3/8 × 15 5/16 in. (26.4 × 38.9 cm)
Overall, Support: 16 3/8 × 19 15/16 in. (41.6 × 50.6 cm)
Overall, Mat: 18 × 23 15/16 in. (45.7 × 60.8 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineGift of David L. Hack and Museum purchase, with funds from Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., by exchange

Object number98.32.206

Terms

U.S. Civil War
Men
Military affairs
Fredericksburg, Virginia

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Photography

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DescriptionThe David L. Hack Civil War Photography Collection. This is a black and white photograph of an open field with soldiers on horseback and with canons and small sloping hills in the background. The bottom of the photograph reads "Fredericksburg, VA Artillery taking position on the North bank of river." This is from _Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War_ (Hack Collection No. 2].