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Barnard and Gibson — Mathew's House, Battle-field of Bull Run

Barnard and Gibson

Mathew's House, Battle-field of Bull Run

1862

A simple dwelling bears witness to the devastation of America's first major Civil War battle, captured with the stark documentary style that would define war photography for generations.

Medium
Albumen print, pl. 8 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, vol. 1" (1866)

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