Image ID: 2AIP

Credit:

unknown photographer

Date:

1861.07.16

Negative Size:

stereo

Equipment:

axe; bayonet; bedroll; canteen; cap box; cartridge box; cup; handgun; knapsack; long gun; wedge tent

Locations & Lines:

Arlington VA; Camp McDowell (Arlington VA); Virginia

Military Units:

8th New York State Militia; 8th New York State Militia (Company C); US Army

Persons:

Briggs (J.); Duffy (Terrence I.); During (Charles A.); Enders (C. D.); Fitzell (S.); Hart (J. H.); Linday (F. C.)

Sources:

Library of Congress

Library of Congress says: Notation on recto: “Arlington Heights, July 16th, 1861.” Notations on verso: “Taken half an hour before the start at 3 o’ clock to Fairfax Courthouse, Virginia,” “Names of comrades in our tent: Briggs 2, During 5, Fitzall[?] 4, Duffy 3, Hart 6, Enders 1, Linde 7 (numbers in sleeping[?]),” and Charles A. During, Co. ‘C’ – 8th N.Y. Militia, ‘Washington Greys’ at Bull Run, 1861.”

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