Shawna harris fredericksburg va civil war
Virginia civil war...
From John Hennessy: Note: since we did this post, John Cummings has done some additional analysis of these photographs. Check out his excellent work here.
They are perhaps the most compelling photographs taken in the Fredericksburg region during the war&#;the images of Confederate dead at Widow Alsop&#;s farm on May 20, , after the Battle of Harris Farm.
Shawna harris fredericksburg va civil war
They are perhaps the visual portrayal that most shapes our perception of the battlefields in human terms. They were first looked at by William Frassanito in his book Grant and Lee, in Today, high-resolution scans of the images are available, but truth be told, not much new can be derived from the images that was not spotted by Frassanito in his look at the original plates nearly three decades ago.
The landscape of the site then and now was largely non-descript, and while we might be able to guess at the precise location and angle of some of the views, we would be doing no more than guessing.
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