Seeing the Civil War

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File Details: ANGMm, 750 DPI, TIFF, Copy Negative, 42.2 Mb

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Image ID: ANGM

Credit:

by Knox (David)
Date:

1864.08
Negative Size:

8 in. x 10 in.
Equipment:

chicken; cup; folding chair; folding stool; riding crop; wall tent; wine or beer bottle
Locations & Lines:

Petersburg battlefield VA; Virginia
Military Units:

9th Corps; 9th Corps (2nd Division); Army of the Potomac; US Army
Persons:

Bowman (Henry); Brackett (Levi C.); Cole (David); George; Heistand (P.); Holway (Daniel); Hutchins (Robert A.); John; Knowles (Frank W.); McCullum (Andrew); O’Connell (Patrick A.); Richards (William V.); Willcox (Orlando B.)
Sources:

Library of Congress; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection

Library of Congress says: Petersburg, Virginia. Cock fighting at Gen. Orlando B. Willcox’s headquarters.

The MOLLUS Collection says: Headquarters of Brigadier General Orlando Bolivar Willcox, commanding __ Div., 9th A.C. In front of Petersburg, August, 1864.

1st Division, 9th Corps.

Two african-american men each hold a cock.

Related Image AIME is an alternate view.

Etched onto negative: No. 222.

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