Pennsylvania Light Artillery, Battery B, Petersburg, Virginia. Artist: Timothy H. O'Sullivan (American, born Ireland, 1840-1882). Former Attribution: Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady (American, born Ireland, 1823-1896 New York). Date: 1864.Civil War photographers were most effective at chronicling things that did not move, such as heavy mortars, bridges, tents, and ruins--subjects that cameras had more or less successfully recorded since the medium's birth twenty years earlier. The essential problem for a war photographer interested in frontline drama was not lack of daring but the long times (two to five seconds depending on the amount of sun) required to properly expose a large-format collodion-on-glass negative typically used in the field. Here, in Petersburg, Virginia, Timothy H. O'Sullivan attempted something extraordinary for the period--an action shot. Whether or not Battery B was truly under fire or just drilling is moot, as the photograph is a welcome exception that of

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Pennsylvania Light Artillery, Battery B, Petersburg, Virginia. Artist: Timothy H. O'Sullivan (American, born Ireland, 1840-1882). Former Attribution: Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady (American, born Ireland, 1823-1896 New York). Date: 1864.Civil War photographers were most effective at chronicling things that did not move, such as heavy mortars, bridges, tents, and ruins--subjects that cameras had more or less successfully recorded since the medium's birth twenty years earlier. The essential problem for a war photographer interested in frontline drama was not lack of daring but the long times (two to five seconds depending on the amount of sun) required to properly expose a large-format collodion-on-glass negative typically used in the field. Here, in Petersburg, Virginia, Timothy H. O'Sullivan attempted something extraordinary for the period--an action shot. Whether or not Battery B was truly under fire or just drilling is moot, as the photograph is a welcome exception that of

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