This collection contains 138 carte de visites, 4 stereocards and 1 cabinet card of various Civil War era generals, politicians, and interesting civilians. The collection was assembled by a private collector. Imprints include E. & H.T. Anthony, A.S. Morse, Brady, and Armistead & Taylor. The collection has been broken down into the following categories: 1-58 Union generals, also includes Johnny Clem; #59-85 Confederate generals; #86-90 Montages of generals (1 Confederate); #91-101 Civilian personalities and notables (including Lincoln, Jefferson and Varina Davis, cabinet members, etc.); #102-124 Bust portraits, mostly senators, from Brady's National Portrait Gallery; #125-138 Civil War scenes, mostly western theatre; #139-144 Stereocards and one cabinet card. The collection contains very handsome vignette bust views of U.S. Grant (#14) and R.E. Lee (#73), Armistead & Taylor portraits of Sherman and Osterhaus; A.S. Morse portraits of Davis, Jackson and Longstreet; a Lincoln portrait (#93; Ostendorf 71), and montages of military leaders from both sides. There is also a tintype carte de visite of a soldier who served at Gettysburg (#100). Detailed inventory available.
- GLC#
- GLC05135
- Type
- Header Record
- Date
- 1861-1865 ca.
- Title
- Carte de visites, cabinet cards and stereocards by Brady and others [word processed inventory available]
- Place Written
- Various Places
- Pagination
- 143 photographs
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
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