Barnard and Gibson
Quaker Guns, Centreville, Virginia
1862
Clever Confederate deceptions come to light as photographers reveal the "Quaker guns"—logs painted to resemble cannons—that fooled Union forces during the Peninsula Campaign.
- Medium
- Albumen print, pl. 6 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, vol. 1" (1866)
Spotted works by Barnard and Gibson
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