Timothy O ' Sullivan Civil War Photo Of The 50 NY Engineers HQ At Petersburg 1864
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Timothy O'Sullivan Civil War Photo of the 50 NY Engineers HQ at Petersburg 1864 Timothy O'Sullivan Civil War Photo of the 50 NY Engineers HQ at Petersburg 1864 ... Click images to enlarge Description Albumin photograph of the 50th New York Engineers Headquarters at Petersburg, Virginia taken by the famed Civil War photographer, Timothy O’Sullivan Photograph by Timothy O’Sullivan.Petersburg, Virginia: 1864. The unmounted photograph measures approximately 9” x 6.75”. It shows the elaborate tent headquarters constructed by the unit complete with evergreen-lined outside walls and double-arched entrance topped with a large triple-turreted insignia of the U.S. Army Engineers. A tripod-mounted theodolite and the unit’s colors stand in front of the structure. The photograph is annotated in pencil “248” on the reverse. It is in nice shape with two small mounting remnants on the reverse and some wear at its lower left tip.
Timothy O’Sullivan began working for Matthew Brady well before the start of the Civil War in Brady’s Washington, D.C. studio under the supervision of Brady’s assistant, Alexander Gardner. In 1862, he and Gardner first achieved fame documenting the battlefield dead at Antietam when their photographs were exhibited in New York City. However, both men became disgruntled by Brady’s megalomaniac instance that only he receive official credit for the images, so the pair parted ways with Brady. Gardner, assisted by O’Sullivan, started his own company in 1863, and they arrived at Gettysburg just in time to capture a stunning series of photographs of unburied Union and Confederate dead on the battlefield. Both men continued to photographically document the rest of the war. (See Wikipedia.)
This photograph was taken by O’Sullivan the fall of 1864 following the fighting at Peebles and Pegrams Farms when of the 50th New York Engineers was garrisoned in a five-acre field on the Flowers Farm by Poplar Springs Church near Petersburgh. There, the unit constructed its quarters for the winter. One of the 50th’s officers, Captain William Folwell wrote in his diary that “some of the officers are putting up quite elaborate houses. . . . I mean to have as good a house as can be built of the material accessible, viz., green pine timber and canvas.”
O’Sullivan may well have been the most prolific cameraman of the Civil War as the Library of Congress has curated about 700 images attributed to him. The glass negative used by O’Sullivan to print this albumin image is located at the Library of Congress (LC-B817-7059).#9116View My Other Items For Sale Payment PayPal is preferred for both US and international payments.Other methods of payment may be possible. Shipping Domestic Shipping. Most orders are shipped to locations in the US at no additional cost. If not, shipping costs are set at a flat rate on an item-by-item basis. Media mail shipping--when available and appropriate--is inexpensive but may take between two and four weeks, especially if delivery is to the west coast. If a quick delivery is important to you, please request USPS Priority Mail or some other expedited delivery service before paying.
International Shipping. International shipping is usually done through the eBay Global Shipping Program. I know that this can be expensive, but I've switched to this method because I've had too many claims of non-receipt by international buyers. If you contact me in advance of purchase it may be possible for me to ship directly to you.
If I ship directly, I will only ship overseas using a trackable method; this can be expensive, and it is non-negotiable. Also, I will only enter true information on customs forms; if you have a problem paying your nation's customs fees, that is beteen you and your government, I have nothing to do with it.
If you pay by PayPal, I will only ship to the shipping address specified by PayPal.
All shipments are covered by my business insurance at my expense, however if you would like to purchase additional USPS insurance at your expense, let me know, and I'll adjust your invoice accordingly. Terms of Sale Please don't assume anything that is not specifically stated or shown on this listing page. Ask any questions before you bid or make an offer.
If you win this item, you are legally bound to complete the purchase.
Unless specifically indicated otherwise in the page, returns will be accepted for full refund less shipping for any reason if the item is returned to me within 30 days in the same condition as it was sent.
Buyers are responsible for paying all return postage costs.
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Timothy O’Sullivan began working for Matthew Brady well before the start of the Civil War in Brady’s Washington, D.C. studio under the supervision of Brady’s assistant, Alexander Gardner. In 1862, he and Gardner first achieved fame documenting the battlefield dead at Antietam when their photographs were exhibited in New York City. However, both men became disgruntled by Brady’s megalomaniac instance that only he receive official credit for the images, so the pair parted ways with Brady. Gardner, assisted by O’Sullivan, started his own company in 1863, and they arrived at Gettysburg just in time to capture a stunning series of photographs of unburied Union and Confederate dead on the battlefield. Both men continued to photographically document the rest of the war. (See Wikipedia.)
This photograph was taken by O’Sullivan the fall of 1864 following the fighting at Peebles and Pegrams Farms when of the 50th New York Engineers was garrisoned in a five-acre field on the Flowers Farm by Poplar Springs Church near Petersburgh. There, the unit constructed its quarters for the winter. One of the 50th’s officers, Captain William Folwell wrote in his diary that “some of the officers are putting up quite elaborate houses. . . . I mean to have as good a house as can be built of the material accessible, viz., green pine timber and canvas.”
O’Sullivan may well have been the most prolific cameraman of the Civil War as the Library of Congress has curated about 700 images attributed to him. The glass negative used by O’Sullivan to print this albumin image is located at the Library of Congress (LC-B817-7059).#9116View My Other Items For Sale Payment PayPal is preferred for both US and international payments.Other methods of payment may be possible. Shipping Domestic Shipping. Most orders are shipped to locations in the US at no additional cost. If not, shipping costs are set at a flat rate on an item-by-item basis. Media mail shipping--when available and appropriate--is inexpensive but may take between two and four weeks, especially if delivery is to the west coast. If a quick delivery is important to you, please request USPS Priority Mail or some other expedited delivery service before paying.
International Shipping. International shipping is usually done through the eBay Global Shipping Program. I know that this can be expensive, but I've switched to this method because I've had too many claims of non-receipt by international buyers. If you contact me in advance of purchase it may be possible for me to ship directly to you.
If I ship directly, I will only ship overseas using a trackable method; this can be expensive, and it is non-negotiable. Also, I will only enter true information on customs forms; if you have a problem paying your nation's customs fees, that is beteen you and your government, I have nothing to do with it.
If you pay by PayPal, I will only ship to the shipping address specified by PayPal.
All shipments are covered by my business insurance at my expense, however if you would like to purchase additional USPS insurance at your expense, let me know, and I'll adjust your invoice accordingly. Terms of Sale Please don't assume anything that is not specifically stated or shown on this listing page. Ask any questions before you bid or make an offer.
If you win this item, you are legally bound to complete the purchase.
Unless specifically indicated otherwise in the page, returns will be accepted for full refund less shipping for any reason if the item is returned to me within 30 days in the same condition as it was sent.
Buyers are responsible for paying all return postage costs.
About Us This is a Read'Em Again Books sale. Read'Em Again books is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), the Ephemera Society, the Manuscript Society, the American Philatelic Society (APS), the U.S. Philatelic Classics Society, and the Military Postal History Society (MPHS).
We hope that you'll take some time to visit both our eBay store and our larger Read'Em Again Books on-line bookstore. We think that you'll find our prices to be very competitive with other internet book sellers. In addition to a nice selection of Americana, diaries, journals, photograph albums, and other unique personal narratives, we also maintain a small stock of children's books, illustrated books, unusual non-fiction as well as ephemera, philatelic items, prints, sheet music, maps, and occassionally postcards, antique toys & games, tobacciana, and breweriana. View My Other Items For Sale Get images that
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