You are looking at an intriguing picture of Richmond, Virginia,vicinity. 20-pdr guns of the 1st New York Battery, unlimbered. It was taken in 1862 by Gibson, James F., b. 1828.
The picture presents eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.
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