BGuthrie Photos: DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- Civil War

DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Price of Freedom -- Civil War:

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1. SIPRCI_041115_07.JPG: This tree trunk was at the Spotsylvania Court House battlefield. It got cut in half by bullets during the battle. The reflection of Abraham Lincoln is accidental but I thought it made it look more eerie so I kept the picture.
2. SIPRCI_041115_17.JPG: Zoave uniform. These were modeled after the uniforms French soldiers used in Africa. Both sides had costumes like this initially but they gradually disappeared during the war.
3. SIPRCI_041115_41.JPG: The battle of Missouri saw artillery used against enemies
4. SIPRCI_041115_47.JPG: A display about the CSS Virginia (previously the USS Merrimack) vs the USS Monitor -- the Battle of the Ironclads -- during the Civil War.
5. SIPRCI_041115_56.JPG: The chair is here so you can simulate doing poses for ancient pictures like they did in civil War times.
6. SIPRCI_041115_58.JPG: General Sherman's horse, Winchester, stuffed
7. SIPRCI_041129_004.JPG: Cannon Projectiles: 6-pound iron shot of the type used in this cannon before it was bored out. 12-pound James shell. The accuracy and distance of these shells were substantially greater than that of shot. James shells contained explosives which significantly improved their effectiveness.
8. SIPRCI_041129_013.JPG: Army Cannon: This U.S. Army Model 1841 cannon was manufactured in 1845 by N.P.Ames of Springfield, Massachusetts. It probably saw service in the Mexican War. Initially, the smoothbore cannon was designed to fire a 6-pound shot. Around 1861, guns of this type were bored out and rifled to fire a 12-pound James shell. This modification increased accuracy and range. However, the rifling wore quickly, making the barrel prone to bursting. Model 1841 cannons were retired soon after the start of the Civil War.
9. SIPRCI_041129_035.JPG: Spotsylvania Tree Stump: Until May 12, 1864, this shattered stump was a large oak tree in a meadow outside Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia. That morning, 1,200 entrenched Confederates, the front line of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, awaited the assault of 5,000 Union troops from the Second Corps of the Army of the Potomac. Twenty hours later, the once-peaceful meadow had acquired a new name, the Bloody Angle. The same fury of bullets that cut down 2,000 combatants tore away all but twenty-two inches of the tree's trunk.
10. SIPRCI_041129_047.JPG: Presentation box and gold medals presented to General Ulysses S. Grant for his victory at Vicksburg.
11. SIPRCI_041129_066.JPG: Cavalry jacket worn by John Mosby. Cavalry saber and scabbard used by General Philip Sheridan.
12. SIPRCI_041129_071.JPG: Field glasses used by Ulysses S. Grant. Camp char used by Ulysses S. Grant. Slouch hat worn by Colonel John S. Mosby, who reportedly left it at Rector's Crossroads, Virginia, in 1864. It was returned forty years later by a Union cavalry officer's daughter.
13. SIPRCI_041129_091.JPG: Appomattox Furniture: Chairs and table used at the surrender at Appomattox. Lee sat in the caned armchair, Grant in the upholstered chair. Grant signed the surrender document on the table. The furniture came to the Smithsonian early in the 20th century.
14. SIPRCI_041129_101.JPG: A haunting display about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
15. SIPRCI_041129_115.JPG: A display about slavery and John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. The pike and rifle are weapons he hoped to seize in his action.
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2004 photos: Equipment this year: I bought two Fujifilm S7000 digital cameras. While they produced excellent images, I found all of the retractable-lens Fuji models had a disturbing tendency to get dust inside the lens. Dark blurs would show up on the images and the camera had to be sent back to the shop in order to get it fixed. I returned one of the cameras when the blurs showed up in the first month. I found myself buying extended warranties on cameras. Trips this year: (1) Margot and I went off to Scotland for a few days, my first time overseas. (2) I went to Hawaii on business (such a deal!) and extended it, spending a week in Hawaii and another in California. (3) I went to Tennessee to man a booth and extended it to go to my third Fan Fair country music festival. Number of photos taken this year: 110,000.
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