Following the American Civil War Sesquicentennial with day by day writings of the time, currently 1863.

Battery of Horse Artillery

June 18, 2012

Library of Congress

Richmond, Virginia (vicinity). Major (JM) Robertson's Battery of Horse Artillery

From Library of Congress:

Caption from negative sleeve: Major Robertson’s Battery of horse Artillery, near Richmond, June 1862.

Photographed by James F. Gibson

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign

Civil War glass negative collection.  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

Record page for this image:  http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/cwp2003005952/PP/

Wikipedia:

The Horse Artillery Brigade of the Army of the Potomac was a brigade of various batteries of horse artillery during the American Civil War.

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