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Photo, Print, Drawing Civil War officer groups in the field, formal groups, camp life and incidents

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Title

  • Civil War officer groups in the field, formal groups, camp life and incidents

Summary

  • Officer groups in the field. Formal groups. Camp life and incidents. Includes officers and noncommissioned staff of Thirteenth New York Cavalry on Prospect Hill, near Washington; Maj. H.W. Sawyer and staff at Camp Stoneman, Washington. Officer groups of the Thirty-third New York Infantry, Camp Granger, near Washington; Fourth U.S. Colored Infantry, Fort Slocum, Washington; Eighth New York State Militia, Arlington; Fourth New York Heavy Artillery, Fort Corcoran, Virginia; Fifth U.S. Cavalry, near Washington; 3d Massachusetts Artillery, Fort totten; Company F and Company K, Third Battalion, New York Light Artillery, Fort Duncan, near Washington; Sixty-ninth New York State Militia, Fort Corcoran, Virginia. Officers' quarters, with officers, at Fort Lincoln.

Names

  • Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896, photographer
  • O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882, photographer
  • Smith, William Morris, photographer
  • Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882, photographer
  • Gardner, James, 1832-, photographer

Created / Published

  • ca. 1861-ca. 1865.

Headings

  • -  African American--Military service--1860-1870
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel
  • -  Military life--United States--1860-1870
  • -  Military officers--United States--1860-1870
  • -  Military camps--United States--1860-1870

Format Headings

  • Group portraits--1860-1870.
  • Photographic prints--1860-1870.
  • Portrait photographs--1860-1870.

Genre

  • Photographic prints--1860-1870
  • Group portraits--1860-1870
  • Portrait photographs--1860-1870

Notes

  • -  Documentary photographs of the Civil War, 1861-1865, photographed by: Mathew Brady, his field staff, and others.
  • -  Photographers: Timothy O'Sullivan, William Morris Smith, Alexander Gardner, James Gardner.
  • -  LOT title and other information from catalog card and published guide: Washingtoniana Photographs ... Library of Congress, 1989.
  • -  The 19th century gold-toned albumen prints were acquired from Col. Godwin Ordway in 1948; to these have been added prints made to order by the Handy Studio in 1905 and other reprints, all from the Anthony-Taylor-Rand-Ordway-Eaton collection of negatives used for the publication of F.T. Miller's Photographic History of the Civil War.
  • -  Anthony-Taylor-Rand-Ordway-Eaton Collection and other sources.
  • -  Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; Nov. 25, 1905; (DLC/PP-1905:42760 A)
  • -  Forms part of Civil War Photographs (Anthony-Taylor-Rand-Ordway-Eaton Collection)

Medium

  • ca. 182 photographic prints : albumen and gelatin silver ; 28 x 36 cm. or smaller.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LOT 4187 (R) [P&P]

Repository

  • Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2004667336

Rights Advisory

  • No known restrictions on publication.

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Brady, Mathew B., Approximately, Timothy H O'Sullivan, William Morris Smith, Alexander Gardner, and James Gardner, photographer. Civil War officer groups in the field, formal groups, camp life and incidents. United States, None. ca. 1861-ca. 1865. Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2004667336/.

APA citation style:

Brady, M. B., O'Sullivan, T. H., Smith, W. M., Gardner, A. & Gardner, J., photographer. Civil War officer groups in the field, formal groups, camp life and incidents. United States, None. ca. 1861-ca. 1865. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2004667336/.

MLA citation style:

Brady, Mathew B., Approximately, et al., photographer. Civil War officer groups in the field, formal groups, camp life and incidents. ca. 1861-ca. 1865. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2004667336/>.