[Washington, D.C. Col. Benjamin F. Fisher between two officers on steps of Signal Corps headquarters, 1816 F St., NW Avenue at Madison Place NW]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0180 Author/Creator: Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Photograph Date: May 1865 Pagination: 1 albumen print ; 21.6 x 18 cm. Order a Copy
A print of a phofotograph of Colonel Benjamin F. Fisher and his assistants standing outside the Signal Corps headquarters located at 1816 F St., NW Avenue at Madison Place NW Washington, D.C. The building has a small sign that reads "Office of the Signal Officer of the Army." Fisher, born 1834, entered the military in 1861 and was attached to the Signal Corps. Captured by Confederate forces in 1863, escaped jail with 109 other Union prisoners in 1864. He was placed in command of the corps on December 26th, 1864. Brevetted Brigadier General in 1866, when he retired. Died 1915 in Philadephia, PA. Published in Photographic History of the Civil War, VIII: 333. Verso notation: "XXIX" "848"
See Library of Congress entry for title at https://www.loc.gov/item/cwp2003000912/PP/. Also published in Miller, Francis Trevelyan and Lanier, Robert S., The Photographic History of the Civil War, Vol. VIII (New York: The Review of Reviews Co., 1911): 333. See https://archive.org/stream/millersphotographic08franrich#page/332/mode/…. Information about Col. Fisher from http://gloverparkhistory.com/estates-and-farms/weston/benjamin-franklin….
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