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General Robert Ogden Tyler, First Connecticut Heavy Artillery, staff and friends, Fairfax Court House, Virginia
Image Not Available for General Robert Ogden Tyler, First Connecticut Heavy Artillery, staff and friends, Fairfax Court House, Virginia

General Robert Ogden Tyler, First Connecticut Heavy Artillery, staff and friends, Fairfax Court House, Virginia

Date1863
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 6 5/16 x 8 1/4in. (16 x 21cm)
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth Dixon Welling
DescriptionFive men, two women and a boy in front of a tent in an open grassy area with a few trees. Four of the men wear military uniforms. One man appears to be African-American. Two soldiers sit in folding chairs at a table with a chess board. A large flag, probably a regimental flag, is at the left.
Object number1949.4.48
InscribedOn verso: "Gen. R.O. Tyler & friends / Fairfax Court House."NotesSubject Note: General Robert O. Tyler of Hartford commanded the artillery reserve, including the First Connecticut Heavy Artillery, at Gettysbury.
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