
Wood and Gibson
Inspection of Troops at Cumberland Landing, Pamunkey, Virginia
1862
One of the most famous Civil War photographs, this image captures the scale and organization of Union forces during the Peninsula Campaign. The systematic documentation by Wood and Gibson helped establish photography's credibility as a medium for recording historical events with unprecedented detail.
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- Albumen print, pl. 15 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, vol. 1" (1866)
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