| The Battle of Seven Pines Photos & Illustrations from the Battlefield |
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| Quarles house, where many of the dead from the Battle of 7 Pines were buried, Fair Oaks, VA |
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| Battle of Seven Pines Capt. Rufus D. Pettit's Battery B. 1st, NY Light Artilllery |
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| Lts. George Armstrong Custer, Nicolas Bowen and William G. Jones, during the Peninsula Campaign. |
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| House used as a hospital at Battle of 7 Pines, Fair Oaks, VA |
| Graves of Confederate soldiers in Hollywood Cemetery, where some of the casualties of the Battle of 7 Pines were buried; and more from other battles of the Peninsula Campaign. |
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| About Stereo Views During the Civil War, the most popular way for people to see battlefield photographs was to peer at stereo views through the convergent lenses of a stereoscopic viewer, which allowed them to see the images in 3-D. Even before the war, the stereoscopic viewer had become a fixture in American homes. The notion of the photograph itself was still new in 1860, so this ability to see them in 3-D was fascinating. Thousands of stereo photographs of the Civil War were taken, produced and marketed. People looked at the stereographs through a stereo viewer that had a hood over the lenses. As Oliver Wendell Holmes said, "The mind feels its way into the very depths of the picture." It was Holmes who invented the first hand-held viewer for stereo photographs. |
| Hunting for Civil War relics began, in some cases, the day after a battle ended. This postcard shows Captain James E. Lyne standing in front of the relic shop where he sells artifacts from the Battle of Seven Pines. He, also, serves as a battlefield guide. Captain Lyne fought in this battle, on the Confederate side. Postcard is circa 1900. Please see note below! ~~~~~~~~~ The great-granddaughter of Captain Lyne has been in touch with me and she would love to hear from anyone who may have information about her great-grandfather or the Virginia regiment where he may have served. If you have any info, please get in touch with Betty. Thank you! |
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| Battlefield, Battle of Seven Pines |
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| Illustration from the book, Civil War in Pictures: From the Drawing Boards of the Newspaper Artists who Recorded the Conflict. The caption reads, "The Army of the Potomac, burying the dead at Fair Oaks Station, VA." |
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| Seven Pines National Cemetery, Henrico County, Virginia |
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