| Credit: | by Gardner (Alexander) |
|---|---|
| Date: | 1862.10.03 |
| Negative Size: | 8 in. x 10 in. |
| Equipment: | folding stool; table; wall tent |
| Locations & Lines: | Antietam MD; Maryland |
| Military Units: | Army of the Potomac; Bureau of Military Information (Secret Service); US Army |
| Persons: | Lincoln (Abraham); McClernand (John A.); Pinkerton (Allan J.) |
| Sources: | Allen County Public Library; Huntington Library; Illinois Library; Library of Congress; Metropolitan Museum of Art; National Archives; National Portrait Gallery; Princeton University Library |
| Structures & Establishments: | Secret Service headquarters (Antietam battlefield MD) |
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File Details: AIAPm, 750 DPI, TIFF, Original Negative, 40.1 Mb
Image ID: AIAP
Incidents of the War. President Lincoln, General McClernand, and E. J. Allen, Chief of S.S., U.S.A., at Secret Service Department, Headquarters Army of the Potomac, Antietam, October, 1862. [Gardner Co. cabinet card]
1861. The War For The Union. Photographic History. 1865. President Lincoln, Major Allen [sic] Pinkerton and Gen. McClernand, Antietam, October, 19862. The central figure in this scene is, of course, President Lincoln. Comparatively few of this generation have any clear idea how Mr. Lincoln really looked. This view is a valuable and rare picture; it was photographed at headquarters Army of the Potomac, Antietam, MD., October 3, 1862. The officer in uniform is Gen. McClernard, and the short, rather insignificant looking man on the other side of President Lincoln is Allen [sic] Pinkerton, the chief of secret service, Army of the Potomac, and the father of the now famous Pinkerton Detectives. In the army he was known only as “Major Allen.” [Taylor & Huntington cabinet card]
E. J. Allen was Allan Pinkerton’s alias.
Ostendorf, no. 64
Meserve, no. 45
Etched onto negative: 7949.
