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Fortifications, Manassas

March 1862
Not on view
This early war view documents Union soldiers investigating the extensive defensive works built by the Confederate army after their stunning victory at Manassas in the war’s first land battle, on July 21, 1861. Mathew B. Brady released the photograph by two members of his corps of field photographers as number 234 in his series "Incidents of the War."

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Fortifications, Manassas
  • Artist: Barnard & Gibson (American, active 1860s)
  • Artist: George N. Barnard (American, 1819–1902)
  • Artist: James F. Gibson (American, born 1828)
  • Publisher: Brady & Co. (American, active 1840s–1880s)
  • Date: March 1862
  • Medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative
  • Dimensions: Image: 18.7 × 23.4 cm (7 3/8 × 9 3/16 in.)
    Mount: 27.1 × 34.6 cm (10 11/16 × 13 5/8 in.)
  • Classification: Photographs
  • Credit Line: Gilman Collection, Museum Purchase, 2005
  • Object Number: 2005.100.1133
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs

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