Seeing the Civil War

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Image ID: AROU

Credit:

by Barnard (George N.)
Date:

1862.06.27
Negative Size:

4 in. x 10 in. stereo
Equipment:

cannon; field carriage; gunner’s haversack; handspike (wood); limber; Parrott Rifle gun; pup tent; sandbag; scabbard; sponge and rammer staff; sword
Locations & Lines:

Arlington VA; Fort Richardson VA; Virginia
Military Units:

1st New York Light Artillery; 1st New York Light Artillery (Battery B); US Army
Sources:

Library of Congress; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection

Photographic War History. The War For The Union. 1861-1865. No. 476. Waiting for the Attack. This view shows a battery of Union artillery in position, near Mrs. Clark’s house, Fair Oaks, Va., June 27, 1862. [Taylor & Huntington stereo card]

Capt. Rufus D. Pettit’s Battery B, 1st New York Light Artillery, in Fort Richardson, near Fair Oaks, VA.

Gardner No. 476.

Etched onto negative: 476.

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