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1784.a.13, 1(12)
- Record Id:
- 040-003227784
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003227772
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026867937.0x000f55
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 1784.a.13, 1(12)
- Title:
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Battery No. 1, near Yorktown, Va. May, 1862. No. 1. Photographer: Wood and Gibson
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: War Photography
View of the massive guns in the battery: 'The first battery was located on the York river, about a mile and three-quarters from Confederate's wharves and their main works in front of Yorktown. It was built by the First Connecticut artillery, Col. Tyler, and had six of the heaviest rifled guns ever mounted in a land battery, namely, one 200-pound Parrott and five 100-pounders. The guns were mounted on heavy wrought-iron carriages, and could only be fired once in fifteen minutes...'
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003227772
040-003227784 - Is part of:
- 1784.a.13, 1 : Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war. Vol. I. Photographer(s): Pywell, William R.
1784.a.13, 1(12) : Battery No. 1, near Yorktown, Va. May, 1862. No. 1. Photographer: Wood and Gibson - Hierarchy:
- 032-003227772[0012]/040-003227784
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: 1784.a.13, 1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Albumen Print
Photograph
Photographic Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print - Start Date:
- 1862
- End Date:
- 1862
- Date Range:
- May 1862
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 172 mm x 226 mm
Format: Printed Book
Secondary Support: Card
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Wood and Gibson
- Subjects:
- American Civil War, 1861-65
Arms and Armaments
Artillery
Forts and Fortifications
Military facilities