Making Maps, Photographic Establishment, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac

Artist Alexander Gardner (American, born Scotland, 1821 - 1882)

Dateca. 1863

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsOverall: 7 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches (19.69 x 24.77 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.470

InscribedTitle written in pencil on back of print.

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DescriptionImage of two men; one is seated in the doorway of a log cabin and the other is seated on a long table outside. There is a tent beside them and tree trunks in the foreground landscape.Published References

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Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series 1, Vol. 17, Part 2, p. 286.

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