Seeing the Civil War

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File Details: ATUPm, 200 DPI, JPEG, Original Photograph, .4 Mb

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Image ID: ATUP

Credit:

by Moore (Henry P.)
Date:

1863
Equipment:

Barbette carriage (front pintle-wood); bayonet; cannon; long gun; Parrott Rifle gun; scabbard; siege carriage; sword
Locations & Lines:

Cockspur Island (Savannah GA); Fort Pulaski GA; Georgia; Savannah GA; Savannah River
Military Units:

48th New York Infantry; 48th New York Infantry (Company H); US Army
Sources:

National Baseball Hall of Fame Library

National Baseball Hall of Fame Library says: This is reputed to be the first known photo of a baseball game. The ball players are behind Company H of the 48th New York Regiment, who are posed stiffly for this 1863 formal portrait at Fort Pulaski, in Savannah, Ga.

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