tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693055636846442705.post6468154946321710604..comments2024-02-21T08:35:35.568-05:00Comments on Spotsylvania Civil War Blog: Photo reveals Fredericksburg Landscape in 1866John Cummingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15664001896165763192noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693055636846442705.post-62726313516547614102020-05-09T21:42:46.193-04:002020-05-09T21:42:46.193-04:00In regard to Fredericksburg..here is link of pictu...In regard to Fredericksburg..here is link of picture alleged to have been taken of Pickets cooking rations December 9, 1862<br />https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:NYPL_Taylor_%26_Huntington<br /><br />Possibly they could be part of the same series...one which shows allegedly "Confedertae Dead at Matthews Hill" and W. Frassanito writes ofa third picture of the same men standing [See W. Frassanito' Grant and Lee The Virginia Campaigns"<br /> Any known Union Photographers at Frederisckburg 1862?Nomannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18281768491650547463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693055636846442705.post-37099375289869322732018-12-07T14:41:19.167-05:002018-12-07T14:41:19.167-05:00Bryce, there are images that show only the empty f...Bryce, there are images that show only the empty field where it was, and the ground beyond it. Nothing showing structures of fences.John Cummingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15664001896165763192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693055636846442705.post-47784913145701467112018-12-06T10:17:37.847-05:002018-12-06T10:17:37.847-05:00Do you know if there are any photos of the fairgro...Do you know if there are any photos of the fairgrounds that were in front of Marye's Heights?Bryce Hartranfthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11837330197353980088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693055636846442705.post-88742996674327270902017-08-31T10:36:44.075-04:002017-08-31T10:36:44.075-04:00Todd,
Yes, thank you for asking. That solves a my...Todd,<br /><br />Yes, thank you for asking. That solves a mystery where I had originally thought it was on the McCoull Farm, but the back label of this one firms it up to be Carpenter. That makes three images from there now. I spent some time recently attempting to match it up to the terrain today, and at present, believe the background looks across the ground where the pond it today.John Cummingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15664001896165763192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4693055636846442705.post-41452633199039611312017-08-08T18:18:52.753-04:002017-08-08T18:18:52.753-04:00Hi John, did you happen to see in that new batch t...Hi John, did you happen to see in that new batch the photo of the Carpenter Farm (Wilderness) outbuildings? I had never seen that photo before. Presumably the 2nd Division, 2nd Corps had its hospital in and around those buildings. Todd Berkoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17788305909863367996noreply@blogger.com