Sujet

Marshall House, Alexandria, Virginia, August 1862. Creator: William R. Pywell.

Légende

Marshall House, Alexandria, Virginia, August 1862. [Scene from the American Civil War: shops including the Great Western Clothing House, Entwisle's City Bookstore, and a dry goods store. The Marshall House inn was the site of the killing of Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth during the Union Army's takeover of Alexandria. Ellsworth, a close friend of President Abraham Lincoln, was shot while removing a Confederate flag from the roof]. Albumen print, pl. 1 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, vol. 1" (1866).

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21B05_475

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

55,1Mo (2,4Mo) / 42,0cm x 32,9cm / 4960 x 3882 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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