Photograph Album of Confederate Generals
PhotographerPhotographed by
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Date1860s
MediumPhotography; albumen prints on paper on cardboard carte-de-visit mounts, in photograph album
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 x 2 1/2in. (10.2 x 6.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 1/2 x 3 1/4in. (11.4 x 8.3cm)
Other (album height x width x depth): 4 3/4 x 3 1/2 x 1/2in. (12.1 x 8.9 x 1.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 1/2 x 3 1/4in. (11.4 x 8.3cm)
Other (album height x width x depth): 4 3/4 x 3 1/2 x 1/2in. (12.1 x 8.9 x 1.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionFormal portraits of Generals of the Confederate States of America wearing their Confederate uniforms. The Generals included in the photograph album are General Robert E. Lee. General George B. Crittenden, General William Joseph Hardee, General Pierre Gustave Toutant de Beauregard, General Daniel Harvey Hill, General Joseph Eggleston Johnston, General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, General Felix Kirk Zollicoffer, General Braxton Bragg, General Earl Van Dorn, General Simon Bolivar Buckner, and General John Bankhead MaGruder.
Object number1975.86.168.1-.12
InscribedMost photographs have sitters names' inscribed beneath in black ink. Accession number appears inside front cover, bottom left corner.Inside cover page inscribed: "Presented to Miss Ella Sherwood, Fredericksburg, Virginia May 1862 by Lieutenant C. Corrva Caroline Light Dragons, Caroline County, Virginia."NotesSubject Notes: 1975.86.168.4 is a formal portrait of General Pierre Gustave Toutant de Beauregard of the Confederacy. General Beauregard was the commander of Confederate forces in Charleston, South Carolina on April 12, 1861 when the Confederacy opened fire on Fort Sumter. The attack on Fort Sumter is regarded as the start of the American Civil War. (Harper's Weekly, 27 April 1861.)
1975.86.168.4 is a formal portrait of General Joseph Eggleston Johnston of the Confederacy. General Johnston surrendered to United States General William Tecumseh Sherman on April 26, 1865 in Greensborough, North Carolina. (Harper's Weekly, 27 May 1865.)
1975.86.168.10 is a formal portrait of General Felix Kirk Zollocoffer of the Confederacy. While assessing Union Troops at Mill Sprigs, Kentucky, General Zollicoffer mistakenly wandered into federal lines. Zollicoffer tried to hide his Confederate uniform with his raincoat and attempted to escape by portraying a Union Officer. He was unsuccessful and was killed by Union forces on January 19, 1862. (Crittenden, George B., Report of Major General George B. Crittenden, Confederate States Army, Commanding Division, 13 February 1862.)
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