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Barnard and Gibson — Fortifications on Heights of Centreville, Virginia

Barnard and Gibson

Fortifications on Heights of Centreville, Virginia

1862

Earthwork fortifications stand empty in this haunting documentation of abandoned Confederate positions, part of Gardner's groundbreaking effort to create a visual chronicle of the Civil War.

Medium
Albumen print, pl. 5 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, vol. 1" (1866)

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