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Barnard and Gibson — Fortifications at Manassas

Barnard and Gibson

Fortifications at Manassas

1862

Abandoned defensive works reveal the scale of military engineering during the Civil War, photographed as part of the systematic documentation that brought battlefield realities to the American public.

Medium
Albumen print, pl. 11 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, vol. 1" (1866)

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Barnard and Gibson, Fortifications at Manassas, 1862

Abandoned defensive works reveal the scale of military engineering during the Civil War, photographed as part of the systematic documentation that brought battlefield realities to the American public.

Medium
Albumen print, pl. 11 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, vol. 1" (1866)
Year
1862
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Monochrome, Albumen Print, Civil War, American, Documentary Photography, Landscape, Fortification, Historical, Architecture

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