On this spot: Two history buffs debunk the story of a famous Civil War photo - The Washington Post:
A few years ago, Paul Bolcik and Erik Davis stood on East Patrick Street in Frederick, Md., looking at a Civil War historical marker. On the plaque was one of the most famous images from that conflict: the only known candid photograph of Confederate soldiers on the march.
Reproduced in countless books, it shows nearly 100 men, most with rifles resting on their right shoulders, a few looking toward the camera, their faces inscrutable.
And to think it was taken on that very street in 1862!
Except, it wasn’t.
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