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- GLC#
- GLC05111.01.0117-View header record
- Type
- Images
- Date
- September 1863
- Author/Creator
- Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
- Title
- [Officers of the U.S. Horse Artillery Brigade commanded by Capt. James M. Robertson, Culpeper, VA.]
- Place Written
- Culpeper, Virginia
- Pagination
- 1 albumen print Height: 24.2 cm, Width: 16.9 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
A print of a photograph of twenty-five officers of the U.S. Horse Artillery Brigade commanded by Capt. James M. Robertson [seated at center, holding sword]. One officer holds a small guitar and another holds a banjo. A black servant is pouring drinks from a small keg. Three tents in the background. Inscription on verso reads: "a group of officers singing to the guitar / The Gettysburg Campaign." Also inscribed on verso: "Ordway-Gardner VIII 76." Inscription on modern mat: "Alex Gardner Union troops 1864 Meserve Collection." Graphite notation on bottom center of image "10".
See GLC 5111.01.0116, .0118, & .0119.
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