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Cushing's Artillery Men

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Title
Cushing's Artillery Men
Description
Photograph, b/w
Interpretation
Photographed on the Antietam battlefield, Maryland. The cannon in this picture is a Napoleon gun from Cushing's battery. It fired a six-pound shot about two miles. This gun was used extensively in the field, sometimes as many as forty were lined up in a battery, wheel-hub to wheel-hub.
Lesson Plans / Themes
  • Photographing War  
  • Civil War Battle Cubes  
  • Civil War-Matthew Brady Photos  
  • Antebellum Society and the Civil War  
Learning Standards
16 History  
Author or Creator
Brady, Matthew B., 1823-1896  
Source
  • ISBN 0-912588-05-5, 240p., 1976 (p.144)  
  • The World of Mathew Brady: Portraits of the Civil War Period by Roy Meredith  
Subject / Keywords
  • Civil War  
  • Artillery  
  • Ordnance  
  • Soldiers  
  • Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862  
  • United States  
  • History  
  • Civil War, 1861-1865  
Temporal Coverage
1862-09-20
Collection Publisher
Illinois State Library
Rights
Copyright Not Evaluated
Resource Identifier
brady1.jpg
Date Created
01/06/03
Collection Title
Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)
Collection
Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)
TitleCushing's Artillery Men
DescriptionPhotograph, b/w
InterpretationPhotographed on the Antietam battlefield, Maryland. The cannon in this picture is a Napoleon gun from Cushing's battery. It fired a six-pound shot about two miles. This gun was used extensively in the field, sometimes as many as forty were lined up in a battery, wheel-hub to wheel-hub.
Lesson Plans / Themes
  • Photographing War  
  • Civil War Battle Cubes  
  • Civil War-Matthew Brady Photos  
  • Antebellum Society and the Civil War  
Learning Standards16 History  
Author or CreatorBrady, Matthew B., 1823-1896  
Source
  • ISBN 0-912588-05-5, 240p., 1976 (p.144)  
  • The World of Mathew Brady: Portraits of the Civil War Period by Roy Meredith  
Subject / Keywords
  • Civil War  
  • Artillery  
  • Ordnance  
  • Soldiers  
  • Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862  
  • United States  
  • History  
  • Civil War, 1861-1865  
Temporal Coverage1862-09-20
Collection PublisherIllinois State Library
RightsCopyright Not Evaluated
Resource Identifierbrady1.jpg
Date Created01/06/03
Collection TitleTeaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)
CollectionTeaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)

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