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Image ID: AGRT

Credit:

by Fowx (Egbert G.)

Date:

1864.05

Negative Size:

6.5 in. x 8.5 in. tetraplex

Equipment:

pup tent

Locations & Lines:

Belle Plain VA; Virginia

Military Units:

US Army; CS Army

Sources:

Library of Congress; National Archives; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection

National Archives says: Camp scene, probably Belle Plain.

Yes, it’s Belle Plain, with Confederate prisoners.

Fowx negative no. 569.

Etched onto negative: 569.

One of 28 surviving Fowx negatives created using a rotating lens mount to shoot four consecutive exposures onto one plate. For our downloadable files of the four exposures we have aligned the images so that they can be viewed consecutively (a,b,c,d), creating a brief video clip.

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