| Credit: | unknown photographer |
|---|---|
| Date: | 1861.06.01 |
| Negative Size: | 3.5 in. x 6 in. stereo |
| Equipment: | bayonet; flag; folding chair; handgun; long gun; scabbard; Sibley tent; sword |
| Locations & Lines: | Camp Essex (Elkridge MD); Elkridge MD; Maryland |
| Military Units: | 8th Massachusetts Militia; US Army |
| Persons: | Elwell (Andrew); Hincks (Edward W.); Poore (Benjamin P.) |
| Sources: | Library of Congress; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection |
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Image ID: AXYX
MOLLUS Collection says: Eighth Infantry Mass. Volunteer Militia, in service of the United States, 1861. Photographs of the officers of the Massachusetts Eighth Infantry In Camp at the Relay House, Maryland, June 1, 1861. Lt. Col. Elwell. Col. Edward Winston Hincks. Maj. Poore.
Library of Congress says: Unidentified soldier with bayoneted musket, Colonel Andrew Elwell of 8th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment and 23rd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment; Major General Edward Winslow Hincks of 2nd U.S. Cavalry Regiment, 8th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, and 19th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment; and Major Benjamin Perley Poore of 8th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment; all with swords and pistols, in uniform in front of tent at Camp Essex, Maryland. [Photograph shows three identified soldiers, listed left to right, and one unidentified soldier, far left. Hincks, also spelled Hinks in some records, was wounded on June 30, 1862, at White Oak Swamp and on September 17, 1862, at Antietam, Maryland.]
Etched onto negative: No. 21.