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(MILITARY—CIVIL WAR.) KNOX, DAVID; GARDNER, ALEXANDER.
A
Fancy Group in Front of Petersburg.
Albumen photograph, 7 x 9 inches, on the orig-
inal photographer’s mount together with the original printed description; some light
discoloration to mount and description; slight stain in lower left corner, not affecting the
image. (WGC)
Washington, 1864
[2,000/3,000]
A SCARCE PHOTOGRAPH OF A SCENE FROM A PORTFOLIO OF IMAGES OF THE CIVIL
WAR
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The photograph, thus the negative was taken by David Knox; the developing and posi-
tive image was made by Alexander Gardner, the official photographer to General George
McClellan. The large caption sheet states: “The monotony of camp life was relieved by every
variety of amusement that was known, or could be devised. During the periods of inactivity,
baseball, cricket, gymnastics, foot races &c were indulged in to a great extent . . . Cock fighting,
however was quite unusual, and seldom permitted, except when some of the Contrabands
incited their captured Shanghais (roosters), or more ignoble fowls to combat.”
