Raynors HCA 2017-02
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/23/2017
Photograph, 16” x 12,” titled “Incidents of the War, Blanford Church Petersburg, VA. April, 1865,” published in Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war/Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C., Philp & Solomons, c1866. Credits line includes, negative by T.H. O’Sullivan, registered 1865 by A. Gardner. The photograph shows a civilian and a soldier standing graveside. The Brick Church erected in 1736 on Well's Hill, now known as Old Blandford Church of Bristol Parish, is located in Petersburg, Virginia adjacent to Blandford Cemetery. During the American Revolution the Battle of Blandford also known as the Battle of Petersburg was fought nearby in 1781.
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