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

Capt. Horatio G. Gibson and officers of his battery

June 15, 2012

Library of Congress

Fair Oaks, Va., vicinity. Capt. Horatio G. Gibson (second from left) and officers of his battery

Officers of Battery C, 3rd U.S. Artillery. L-R: Meinell, Gibson, Pendleton, and Fuller. (names from Wikipedia)

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.

From Library of Congress:

Title: Fair Oaks, Va., vicinity. Capt. Horatio G. Gibson (second from left) and officers of his battery

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/cwp2003000081/PP/

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