| Credit: | unknown photographer |
|---|---|
| Date: | 1861 |
| Negative Size: | 3.5 in. x 6 in. stereo |
| Equipment: | book; folding chair; pipe; scabbard; sword; table; wall tent |
| Locations & Lines: | Camp Essex (Elkridge MD); Elkridge MD; Maryland |
| Military Units: | 8th Massachusetts Militia; 8th Massachusetts Militia (Company K); US Army |
| Persons: | Briggs (Henry S.) |
| Sources: | Library of Congress; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection |
Price range: $0.99 through $2.99
Image ID: AXZB
MOLLUS Collection says: 8th Infantry, M.V.M., 1861. Henry S. Briggs. Capt. Co. K, promoted Col. 10th Mass Inf. (Brig. Gen. U.S.V.)
Library of Congress says: Brigadier General Henry Shaw Briggs of Co. K, 8th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 10th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment and U.S. Volunteers General Staff in uniform with sword, seated outdoors in front of a tent. [Photograph shows identified soldier who was wounded on May 31, 1862 at Fair Oaks, Virginia.]
Etched onto negative: 103.