A few years ago, Paul Bolcik and Erik Davis stood
on East Patrick Street in Frederick, Md., looking at a Civil War
historical marker. On the plaque was one of the most famous images from
that conflict: the only known candid photograph of Confederate soldiers
on the march.
Reproduced in countless books, it
shows nearly 100 men, most with rifles resting on their right
shoulders, a few looking toward the camera, their faces inscrutable.
And to think it was taken on that very street in 1862!
Except,
it wasn’t. In April, after three years of painstaking research, Bolcik
and Davis revealed that the picture was actually taken around the corner
in 1864.
More @ The Washington Post
That's cool. I live around 5 miles from the Monocacy battlefield and we go into Frederick pretty regularly. I'm certain that I've been past that spot without knowing.
ReplyDeleteNeat. Take a picture next time of you holding a musket. :)
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