Seeing the Civil War
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Image ID: AMHO

Credit:

by Brady studio (DC)
Date:

1865.01.03
Negative Size:

17 in. x 21 in.
Equipment:

chair; table
Locations & Lines:

Washington DC; District of Columbia
Military Units:

Cavalry Corps; US Army
Persons:

Custer (George A.); Devin (Thomas C.); Forsyth (James W.); Merritt (Wesley); Sheridan (Philip H.)
Structures & Establishments:

Brady's National Photographic Art Gallery (Washington DC)
Sources:

Chrysler Museum of Art; Library of Congress; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection

Library of Congress says: Generals of the Cavalry Corps.

Chrysler Museum says: Generals Sheridan, Forsyth, Merrill, Devin, and Custer. [1864. Overall: 6 1/4 x 8 1/2 in. (15.9 x 21.6 cm). Albumen print. A sepia toned photograph with a table at the center draped with a table cloth. A soldier is seated behind the table in the center while another soldier is seated to the right side. Two men stand flanking the gentleman in the middle while a third standing soldier resides on the left side. Behind this man is a decoratively carved chair with cushions on the seat and seat back.]

Wesley Merritt, not Merrill

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