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The Harper Farmstead


The Harper Farmstead
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Copyright: Linda Richters (richtersl) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1219 W: 599 N: 848] (3542)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-11-14
Categories: Event
Camera: Canon EOS 20D, JPEG 100 ISO, Tiffen Circular Polarizer
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/100 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Travelogue: The Old South
Date Submitted: 2005-11-23 7:02
Viewed: 1027
Points: 13
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
With nearly 80,000 men (60,000 Union Soldiers and 20,000 Confederate soldiers) on some 6000 acres the Battle of Bentonville was the largest battle fought in North Carolina during the American Civil War. The engagement took place on March 19-21, 1865 and was the last major Confederate offensive of the war. The approximate combined casulaties of the battle was 4200 soldiers (killed, wounded, missing, or captured).

The farmhouse, pictured here, was commandeered for a field hospital on March 19, 1865 during the battle. More than 500 Union soldiers and 45 Confederate soldiers who participated in the battle were treated here during the 3-day battle. During that time the owners of the farm house, the Harper family, remained in the house upstairs. Imagine the thoughts that must have raced through their minds as the watched a major battle take place right on their farm!

At the end of the battle the 45 Confederate soldiers were left in the care of the Harper family. Of the 45, those who died were buried in their family cemetery.

On the photo you can clearly see their main residence. The small cabin adjacent to the main residence was where some of their slaves lived.
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Lovely house! I wish it was mine!

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  • Fis2 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2420 W: 140 N: 1394] (31990)
  • [2005-11-23 12:54]

Hi Linda!
Interesting place. Your photo is nicely. I like the composition and frame. Good colours and light. Well done.
Regards
Krzysztof

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  • Graal Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4771 W: 120 N: 461] (41813)
  • [2005-11-23 15:38]

Hi Linda,
interesting place and the interesting story. Good composition and nice colours. I like it a lot.
Aleksander

Hei Linda,
This one easily slips unnoticed while looked as a fingerprint. After opening I was surprised seeing that this house is really small, old and full of history.
Nice although strong light and good angle. I just started wondering what that house would look like shot from close with a wide angle lens.
Kari

Excellent note; the bit about the slaves reminds us why this war was necessary.
Good composition, light and sharpness.
Do the Harper descendants still live here and farm the land?
Kath

A wonderful note, a good lesson in history. Since the Union won this battle in front of this house, was there any mention if the slaves were freed right then?

It is good that you show the entire scene but at the same time, it is quite distant and I feel like i am looking out the passenger side window of a car... not really in the scene.

Narayan

id love to swing a metal detector here..im a big civil war buff

Bonjour Linda, fascinating notes. It is hard to comprehend that horrors accured in this lovely place.
If I may ask, who is John Brown?
You say he is the guy who started the whole big mess, in your again fascinating book on Civil War. What colour? Blue or Gray?

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